Jennifer Bartlett Rhapsody Hardcover – November 1, 1985 by Roberta Smith (Author) 4.4 out of 5 stars 2 ratings See all formats and editions Find more prominent pieces of figurative at Wikiart.org – best visual art database. Rhapsody Jennifer Bartlett ; introduction by Roberta Smith ; with notes by the artist ; photographs by Geoffrey Clements H.N. I didn't know how to pick subject matter because I wasn't very interested in it, so I just decided to pick the first four things that came to my mind: mountains, oceans, which I like a lot, trees and houses. Gift of Edward R. Broida. Jennifer Losch Bartlett (b. Each of Rhapsody’s steel panels was baked with white enamel, silkscreened, and then painted. Together they represent Bartlett’s attempt to create a painting “that had everything in it,” she has said. 1941, Long Beach, CA) studied at Mills College in California and graduated from Yale University before moving to New York City in 1967. © 2021 Jennifer Bartlett. Jennifer Bartlett is a contemporary American artist whose paintings, drawings, and prints combine abstraction and representation, as seen in her large-scale installation Rhapsody (1975-1976). At that time minimalism was the popular art form being taught, but Bartlett made a name for herself as an abstract and representational artist. Jennifer Bartlett's ''Rhapsody'' is one of the definitive monuments of the past 25 years in art history. “It was supposed to be like a conversation,” the artist has explained, “in which people digress from one thing and maybe come back to the subject, then do the same with the next thing.” Looking at Rhapsody is like listening in on this conversation. Our site uses technology that is not supported by your browser, so it may not work correctly. Whitney Museum of American Art, New She often works in serial form or creates polyptychs, and she frequently devises rule systems that guide the variations within a given group of works, requiring us to focus on "perception, on … Rhapsody adds joyful color and a narrative subject matter to the grid formation of Minimalist art of the 1960s. That project has concluded, and works are now being identified by MoMA staff. If you would like to publish text from MoMA’s archival materials, please fill out this permission form and send to [email protected]. For access to motion picture film stills please contact the Film Study Center. To find out more, including which third-party cookies we place and how to manage cookies, see our privacy policy. By visiting our website or transacting with us, you agree to this. So I decided, well, if you have more edges, maybe that, at some point, equals no edge (Laughs). Then, I decided that there would be shapes. Jennifer Bartlett: From Rhapsody to Song [Bartlett, Jennifer and David Moos] on Amazon.com. 1975-76 219 Enamel on steel, 987 plates, Each plate 12 x 12" (30.4 x 30.4 cm); overall approximately 7' 6" x 153' (228.6 x 4663.4 cm). When Rhapsody was first shown, in 1976, it occupied the entirety of the art dealer Paula Cooper’s Manhattan gallery space. Jennifer Bartlett (b 1941) is known for her room-sized installations ranging in medium, that explore her immediate environments including houses, mountains, trees, gardens and the ocean. All requests to license audio or video footage produced by MoMA should be addressed to Scala Archives at [email protected]. Jennifer Bartlett (American, b. This record is a work in progress. JENNIFER BARTLETT From Rhapsody: House, Trees, Beach, Birds, New York, Harry N. Abrams, 1985 the set of four sugarlifts, aquatints, spit-bites and drypoints over photoetchings in colors, on T.H. Jennifer Bartlett Rhapsody, 1975-1976, installation view of Jennifer Bartlett: Early Plate Work, Addison Gallery of American Art, Fall 2006. Roberta Smith『Jennifer Bartlett Rhapsody』の感想・レビュー一覧です。ネタバレを含む感想・レビューは、ネタバレフィルターがあるので安心。読書メーターに投稿された約0件 の感想・レビューで本の評判を確認、読書記録を管理することもできます。 Jennifer Bartlett is an American artist who began her career in the mid-1960's after receiving a master of fine arts degree from Yale University’s School of Art and Architecture. Please, Each plate 12 x 12" (30.4 x 30.4 cm); overall approximately 7' 6" x 153' (228.6 x 4663.4 cm). 「ジェニファー・バートレット絵画作品集(Jennifer Bartlett: Rhapsody)」 Roberta Smith 1985年、Harry N Abrams 在庫切れ 「ジェニファー・バートレット絵画作品集(Jennifer Bartlett: In the Garden)」 John Russell 1982年、Harry N Abrams The plates are hung so that they are one inch apart. Its range of imagery—from photographic images to abstract shapes—presents a variety that undermines any sense of stylistic unity. So you'll see in this introductory section all the themes that I will be working with. And they could be dotted. June 28, 2013 • Jennifer Bartlett discusses her current retrospective Jennifer Bartlett, Rhapsody (detail), 1975–76, enamel on steel, 987 plates, each plate 12 x 12”. When Rhapsody was first shown, in 1976, it occupied the entirety of the art dealer Paula Cooper’s Manhattan gallery space. Consisting of 987 one-foot-square steel panels covering an expanse of more than 150 feet, the work has an overall monumentality, but its small panels invite intimate interaction. Jennifer Bartlett's RHAPSODY At The Museum Of Modern Art O n view at the Museum of Modern Art Atrium is a collection of 987 enamel on steel plates titled "Rhapsody" by … Even thinking about it makes me learn something about life and its fleeting quality, which is what this piece is about in some way, transition and transitoriness. I was always interested in making a painting with no edges. The artist's works are represented in numerous © 2021 Jennifer Bartlett Artist, Jennifer Bartlett: I'm Jennifer Bartlett and I can't believe that I did this thirty years ago. I'd originally gotten the idea from subway signs of having a surface that you could pack up. Jennifer Bartlett is a contemporary American artist whose paintings, drawings, and prints combine abstraction and representation, as seen in her large-scale installation Rhapsody (1975-1976). I knew that it would have to be near a thousand plates, 'cause pretty much the introduction defined what I was going to do. 1941) Rhapsody: House, Trees, Beach, Birds/A Set of Four Works, 1985, edition of 100, published by Harry N. Abrams, New York. In 2018–19, MoMA collaborated with Google Arts & Culture Lab on a project using machine learning to identify artworks in installation photos. Jennifer Bartlett is a contemporary American artist whose paintings, drawings, and prints combine abstraction and representation, as seen in her large-scale installation “Rhapsody.” Over the past forty years, Jennifer Bartlett has explored the results that applied rules can yield in abstract and figurative painting. Jennifer Bartlett is a contemporary American artist whose paintings, drawings, and prints combine abstraction and representation, as seen in her large-scale installation Rhapsody (1975-1976). If you have additional information or spotted an error, please send feedback to [email protected]. They could be ruled and measured, or they could be freehand. I had invented the plates, which are one foot square cold rolled steel with a baked enamel surface, like a refrigerator and four holes in the corner. By visiting our website or transacting with us, you agree to this. And I began thinking, well, there’d be lines, and lines could be short, medium or long. ‘Rhapsody (detail)’ was created in 1976 by Jennifer Bartlett. As these monikers suggest, the panels include both representational and nonrepresentational images, some confined to one square only and others that stretch over several units. Unsigned on the rectos, each titled and numbered "...1/100" on a Bartlett is best known for her paintings and prints in which familiar subjects — ranging from houses and gardens to oceans and skies — are executed in a style that combines elements of both representational and abstract art; indeed, she has commented that she does not accept a distinction between figurative and abstract art. b. More information is also available about the film collection and the Circulating Film and Video Library. It filled up my studio three times, so I never saw the piece together. Jennifer Bartlett, From Rhapsody (A Suite of Three Prints), 1987. And I'm drifting from subject to subject about my idea of art. In 2019, Jennifer Bartlett's monumental painting, Rhapsody, was exhibited in the rotunda of the Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY before the museum closed for renovations. Jennifer Bartlett RHAPSODY: HOUSE, TREES, BEACH, BIRD (ORLANDO MUSEUM 13) Four etchings with aquatint and drypoint printed in colors, 1985, each signed in pencil on the verso, dated and numbered 65/100, annotated 'A - D', on T. H. Saunders paper, published by Harry N. Abrams, New York, framed (4 prints together) sheets: approximately 300 by 305 mm 11 7/8 by 12 in For licensing motion picture film footage it is advised to apply directly to the copyright holders. Enamel on steel, 987 plates, Each plate 12 x 12" (30.4 x 30.4 cm); overall approximately 7' 6" x 153' (228.6 x 4663.4 cm). I would just get curious about under what circumstances can I alter this system and have it completely logical at the same time. The work, which consists of 987 onefoot-square steel panels stretching over an expanse of more than 150 feet, has an overall monumentality, but its small-scale panels invite intimate interaction. Abrams, 1985 Epic Systems: Three Monumental Paintings by Jennifer Bartlett will bring together Bartlett’s most ambitious works in an installation that spans the entirety of her significant career. If you would like to reproduce an image of a work of art in MoMA’s collection, or an image of a MoMA publication or archival material (including installation views, checklists, and press releases), please contact Art Resource (publication in North America) or Scala Archives (publication in all other geographic locations). Jennifer Bartlett is a contemporary American artist whose paintings, drawings, and prints combine abstraction and representation, as seen in her large-scale installation Rhapsody (1975-1976). As the work is read from left to right, the seven thematic sections—Introduction, Mountain, Line, House, Tree, Shape, and Ocean—appear. View Jennifer Bartlett’s 777 artworks As we talk, we drift from one subject to another. When Jennifer Bartlett's Rhapsody was first shown in 1976, it occupied the entirety of Paula Cooper's SoHo gallery space. I did them all sitting down, and then they'd go up on the wall. Artist, Jennifer Bartlett: I'm Jennifer Bartlett and I can't believe that I did this thirty years ago. We use our own and third-party cookies to personalize your experience and the promotions you see. Consisting of 987 one-foot-square steel panels covering an expanse of more than 150 feet, the work has an overall monumentality, but its small panels invite intimate interaction. 1941 Jennifer Bartlett’s groundbreaking work in painting, printmaking, sculpture, and installations positioned her as one of the first female artists of her generation to achieve both commercial and critical success. Rhapsody. If you would like to reproduce text from a MoMA publication, please email [email protected]. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. As you read the work from left to right, seven thematic sections appear, called Introduction, Mountain, Line, House, Tree, Shape, and Ocean. If you notice an error, please contact us at [email protected]. Motion picture film stills or motion picture footage from films in MoMA’s Film Collection cannot be licensed by MoMA/Scala. Gift of Edward R. Broida. At that time minimalism was the popular art form being taught, but Bartlett made a name for … We have identified these works in the following photos from our exhibition history. ・ジェニファー・バートレット Jennifer Losch Bartlett（1941年3月14日-） 1941年、アメリカ・カリフォルニア州ロングビーチで 生まれます。 エール大学大学院卒業後、1970年代のミニマル・アートの スタイルから制作を開始します。 その後シリアル・ペインティングの旗手となり、パネルを組み (44.5 × 115.3 cm). It's totally shocking to me. And I think the most important actor in this thing is the white space between the plates, which allows the wall to come through. I had an idea: what if you did a work of art that was really like a conversation. View Jennifer Bartlett’s 777 artworks Jennifer Bartlett is an American artist who began her career in the mid-1960's after receiving a master of fine arts degree from Yale University’s School of Art and Architecture. Aquatint and photoetching (a); Aquatint and photoetching (b); Photoetching (c), overall: 17 1/2 × 45 3/8in. 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