Richard Tuttle, Artist, New York/New Mexico
In conversation with Chris Dercon, Director of Tate Modern, London
Thursday | December 6 | 2012
◇ Richard Tuttle in conversation with Barbara Dawson on Vimeo
Barbara Dawson is director of Dublin City Gallery The Hugh Lane. She is the author and editor of several books and texts on modern and contemporary art including Turner’s Watercolours at the National Gallery of Ireland ; Hugh Lane Founder of a Gallery of Modern Art for Ireland; Francis Bacon’s Studio; Trace Elements Francis Bacon Palazzo Reale, ; Barry Flanagan:; Hidden Islands Brian Maguire and The Spade and The Soufflé Richard Tuttle . She has curated several exhibitions including Barry Flanagan on O’Connell Street (2007); Julian Opie Walking on O’Connell Street(2008); Hugh Lane 100 Years (2008), Francis Bacon – A Terrible Beauty (with Martin Harrison ) (2009), Richard Tuttle Triumphs (with Michael Dempsey) (2010) and Civil Rights Etc by Rita Donagh and the late Richard Hamilton (2011) and Francis Bacon e la condizione existenziale nell’arte contemporanea (with Franziska Nori) CCC Strozzina 2012. She secured the donation of Francis Bacon’s Studio and contents for Dublin in 1998 from the artist’s heir John Edwards supported by the executor of the Estate Brian Clarke. The relocated studio opened to the public in 2001.
◇ TateShots: Richard Tuttle - YouTube
On display at Tate Modern, Richard Tuttle's artwork almost disappears before your eyes. Its a large white octagonal shape, cut from paper and glued against the white gallery wall. It feels like the antithesis of painting. Richard Tuttle came to prominence in the 1960s as part of a generation of Post-Minimalist artists, including Bruce Nauman and Eve Hesse, who questioned dominant trends of Minimalism by embracing an improvisational approach to art-making using everyday, often ephemeral materials. TateShots met Tuttle at the Getty in Lost Angeles, where he is currently artist in residence to hear about his philosophy of art.
◇ Richard Tuttle: Reality & Illusion | Art21 "Exclusive" - YouTube
Episode #056: Artist Richard Tuttle installs the work "Ten Kinds of Memory and Memory Itself" (1973) at the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York.
Richard Tuttle commonly refers to his art as drawing rather than sculpture, emphasizing the diminutive scale and idea-based nature of his work. He subverts the conventions of modernist sculptural practice by creating small, eccentrically playful objects in decidedly humble materials. Influences on his work include calligraphy, architecture, and poetry.
Learn more about Richard Tuttle: http://www.art21.org/artists/richard-tuttle
VIDEO | Producer: Wesley Miller and Nick Ravich. Interview: Susan Sollins. Camera & Sound: Sam Henriques and Merce Williams. Editor: Jenny Chiurco. Artwork Courtesy: Richard Tuttle. Special Thanks: The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York.
