#mercecunningham

[moma-prints]

Notes for Roaratorio, Merce Cunningham, 1983, MoMA: Drawings and Prints

Anonymous gift in honor of Margarete Roeder Size: Each: 11 5/8 x 7 3/4" (29.5 x 19.7 cm) Medium: Felt-tip pen on 24 sheets of paper

http://www.moma.org/collection/works/186354

[ginzyblog]

Jasper Johns was born May 15, 1930 in Augusta Georgia. Happy 91st Jasper! “John Cage, Merce Cunningham & Jasper Johns, among others at the annual Ceremonial induction meeting, American Academy of Arts & Letters, May 17, 1989. “ (Photo and caption: Allen Ginsberg, courtesy Stanford University Libraries / Allen Ginsberg Estate) #jasperjohns #mercecunningham #johncage #avantgarde #dance #composers #abstractexpressionism #modernart #modernclassicalcomposer #popart #popartist #neo-dada #americanlegends #genius https://www.instagram.com/p/CO8D6cLhPOz/?igshid=18j13ups7w3oj

[drawdownbooks]

SHIPPING WORLDWIDE!⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣ Merce Cunningham: CO:MM:ON TI:ME⁣ Available at www.draw-down.com⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ Designed by Ryan Gerald Nelson (Senior Designer) and Emmet Byrne (Design Director)⁣ ⁣ Renowned as both choreographer and dancer, Merce Cunningham (1919–2009) also revolutionized dance through his partnerships with the many artists who created costumes, lighting, films and videos, and décor and sound for his choreographic works.⁣ ⁣ Cunningham, together with partner John Cage, invited those artists to help him rethink what dance could mean, both on the stage and in site-responsive contexts.⁣ ⁣ His notion that movement, sound and visual art could share a “common time” remains one of the most radical aesthetic models of the 20th century and yielded extraordinary works by dozens of artists and composers, including Charles Atlas, John Cage, Morris Graves, Jasper Johns, Rei Kawakubo, Robert Morris, Gordon Mumma, Bruce Nauman, Ernesto Neto, Pauline Oliveros, Nam June Paik, Robert Rauschenberg, Frank Stella, David Tudor, Stan VanDerBeek, Andy Warhol and La Monte Young, among many others. These collaborations bring to the fore Cunningham’s direct impact upon postwar artistic practice.⁣ ⁣ This 456-page volume, published in conjunction with the Walker Art Center and MCA Chicago’s exhibition, reconsiders the choreographer and his collaborators as an extraordinarily generative interdisciplinary network that preceded and predicted dramatic shifts in performance, including the development of site-specific dance, the use of technology as a choreographic tool and the radical separation of sound and movement in dance.⁣ ⁣ #MerceCunningham #RyanGeraldNelson #EmmetByrne #WalkerArtCenter #MCAChicago #Design #Dance #DanceAtHome⁣ (at Walker Art Center) https://www.instagram.com/p/B-PL8TKHMHs/?igshid=1c2evejz32u76

[henryjacksonnewcomb]

Merce, 2017, 4 layer print and printed mount, 80x80, edition of 12 . + @tazelaarstevenson frame . . . #henryjacksonnewcomb #mercecunningham

[bmcmuseum]

We’d like to introduce ourselves! We are a Museum + Arts Center in Asheville, NC that is dedicated to the history of Black Mountain College and its legacy. This Tumblr will be a spot to post updates on our exhibition and programs, never before seen photos from our permanent collection and archival photos like this one. 

The story of Black Mountain College begins in 1933 and comprises a fascinating chapter in the history of education and the arts. Conceived by John A. Rice, a brilliant and mercurial scholar who left Rollins College in a storm of controversy, Black Mountain College was born out of a desire to create a new type of college based on John Dewey’s principles of progressive education. The events that precipitated the college’s founding occurred simultaneously with the rise of Adolf Hitler, the closing of the the Bauhaus school in Germany, and the beginning of the persecution of artists and intellectuals in Europe. Some of these refugees found their way to Black Mountain, either as students or faculty. Meanwhile, the United States was mired in the Great Depression.

The founders of the college believed that the study and practice of art were indispensable aspects of a student’s general liberal arts education, and they hired Josef Albers to be the first art teacher. Speaking not a word of English, he and his wife Anni left the turmoil in Hitler’s Germany and crossed the Atlantic Ocean by boat to teach art at this small, rebellious college in the mountains of North Carolina.

Black Mountain College was fundamentally different from other colleges and universities of the time. It was owned and operated by the faculty and was committed to democratic governance and to the idea that the arts are central to the experience of learning. All members of the college community participated in its operation, including farm work, construction projects, and kitchen duty. Twenty minutes east of Asheville, the secluded environment fostered a strong sense of individuality and creative intensity.

Legendary even in its own time, Black Mountain College attracted and created maverick spirits, some of whom went on to become well-known and extremely influential individuals in the latter half of the 20th century. A partial list includes Willem and Elaine de Kooning, Robert Rauschenberg, Josef and Anni Albers, Jacob Lawrence, Merce Cunningham, John Cage, Cy Twombly, Kenneth Noland, Susan Weil, Vera B. Williams, Ben Shahn, Ruth Asawa, Franz Kline, Arthur Penn, Buckminster Fuller, M.C. Richards, Francine du Plessix Gray, Charles Olson, Robert Creeley, Dorothea Rockburne and many others who have made an impact on the world in a significant way. Even now, decades after its closing in 1957, the powerful influence of Black Mountain College continues to reverberate.

(Hazel Larsen Archer, Josef Albers’s color theory class, n.d.)

[ginzyblog]

John Cage, Merce Cunningham & Jasper Johns, among others at the annual Ceremonial induction meeting, American Academy of Arts & Letters, May 17, 1989.  (Photo and caption: Allen Ginsberg, courtesy Stanford University Libraries / Allen Ginsberg Estate) • Missed Merce’s birthday earlier this month.  He would have been 101. • #mercecunningham #jasperjohns #johncage #avantgarde #moderndance #dance #composers #abstractexpressionism #modernart #modernclassicalcomposer (at New York, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/B_f7rjNByG6/?igshid=h2q893depeuv

[drawdownbooks]

Merce Cunningham: CO:MM:ON TI:ME / Available at www.draw-down.com / Designed by #RyanGeraldNelson and #EmmetByrne. An essential volume for anyone interested in contemporary art, music and #dance. Renowned as both #choreographer and dancer, #MerceCunningham(1919–2009) also revolutionized dance through his partnerships with the many artists who created costumes, lighting, films and videos, and décor and sound for his choreographic works. Cunningham, together with partner John Cage, invited those artists to help him rethink what dance could mean, both on the stage and in site-responsive contexts. His notion that movement, sound and visual art could share a “common time” remains one of the most radical aesthetic models of the 20th century and yielded extraordinary works by dozens of artists and composers, including Charles Atlas, John Cage, Morris Graves, Jasper Johns, Rei Kawakubo, Robert Morris, Gordon Mumma, Bruce Nauman, Ernesto Neto, Pauline Oliveros, #NamJunePaik, #RobertRauschenberg, Frank Stella, David Tudor, Stan VanDerBeek, Andy Warhol and La Monte Young, among many others. These collaborations bring to the fore Cunningham’s direct impact upon postwar artistic practice. This 456-page volume, published in conjunction with the Walker Art Center and MCA Chicago’s exhibition, reconsiders the choreographer and his collaborators as an extraordinarily generative interdisciplinary network that preceded and predicted dramatic shifts in performance, including the development of site-specific dance, the use of technology as a choreographic tool and the radical separation of sound and movement in dance. The sumptuous publication features ten new essays by curators and historians, as well as interviews with contemporary choreographers—Beth Gill, Maria Hassabi, Rashaun Mitchell and Silas Riener—who address Cunningham’s continued influence.

[drawdownbooks]

Merce Cunningham: CO:MM:ON TI:ME / Available at www.draw-down.com / Designed by #RyanGeraldNelson and #EmmetByrne. An essential volume for anyone interested in contemporary art, music and #dance. Renowned as both #choreographer and dancer, #MerceCunningham(1919–2009) also revolutionized dance through his partnerships with the many artists who created costumes, lighting, films and videos, and décor and sound for his choreographic works. Cunningham, together with partner John Cage, invited those artists to help him rethink what dance could mean, both on the stage and in site-responsive contexts. His notion that movement, sound and visual art could share a “common time” remains one of the most radical aesthetic models of the 20th century and yielded extraordinary works by dozens of artists and composers, including Charles Atlas, John Cage, Morris Graves, Jasper Johns, Rei Kawakubo, Robert Morris, Gordon Mumma, Bruce Nauman, Ernesto Neto, Pauline Oliveros, #NamJunePaik, #RobertRauschenberg, Frank Stella, David Tudor, Stan VanDerBeek, Andy Warhol and La Monte Young, among many others. These collaborations bring to the fore Cunningham’s direct impact upon postwar artistic practice. This 456-page volume, published in conjunction with the Walker Art Center and MCA Chicago’s exhibition, reconsiders the choreographer and his collaborators as an extraordinarily generative interdisciplinary network that preceded and predicted dramatic shifts in performance, including the development of site-specific dance, the use of technology as a choreographic tool and the radical separation of sound and movement in dance. The sumptuous publication features ten new essays by curators and historians, as well as interviews with contemporary choreographers—Beth Gill, Maria Hassabi, Rashaun Mitchell and Silas Riener—who address Cunningham’s continued influence.