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词条 Alexa Meade
释义

  1. Early life and education

  2. Career

     Early inspiration and paintings  Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics  Color of Reality  Ariana Grande: God Is a Woman  Notable projects 

  3. References

  4. External links

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}}Alexa Meade (born 1986)[1] is an American installation artist best known for her portraits painted directly onto the human body and inanimate objects in a way that collapses depth and makes her models appear two-dimensional when photographed. What remains is "a photo of a painting of a person, and the real person hidden somewhere underneath."[2] She takes a classical concept – trompe l'oeil, the art of making a two-dimensional representational painting look like a real three-dimensional space – and does the opposite, making real life appear to be a painting.[1][3]

Early life and education

Meade was born in Washington, D.C., and raised in Chevy Chase, Maryland.[4] She graduated from Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, New York, in 2009, with a bachelor's degree in political science.[4][5][6] Initially planning on a path in politics,[7] she interned for congressmen and senators on Capitol Hill, and then worked as a press assistant on Barack Obama's 2008 presidential campaign.[3][4]

Career

Early inspiration and paintings

In 2009, an assignment in an elective art class at Vassar College sparked Meade's curiosity. She decided to explore space and light through the idea of putting black paint on the ground where the shadows were cast. She later expanded the concept by making a grayscale "mapping of light" with paint on the human body. In so doing, she realized that she had made the three-dimensional form appear to be a two-dimensional painting.[8]

The results of these experiments changed her perspective and inspired her to reevaluate her career goals. Despite having grown up surrounded by the political culture of Washington D.C. and initially planning to enter that field herself, as Meade says, “I just felt like even though this was supposed to be my dream, it didn’t quite fit with who I thought I was on the inside.”[9]

After graduation, she honed her technique in her parents’ Washington, D.C. basement by

practicing painting on inanimate objects including grapefruits, fried eggs and sausage.[10] She has credited her lack of formal art training with allowing her to come up with unique ideas of surfaces she could paint on, since she didn't think of painting as something that necessarily had

to be done on a canvas.[11]

Meade first gained public recognition in March 2010, when her living paintings went viral following a short post about her work on Jason Kottke's blog kottke.org.[10] She soon received coverage on CNN and elsewhere.[3] Her website went from having negligible views to an estimated 30,000-page views the next day.[12] Her most famous artwork at the time, "Transit," features an older man Meade painted on in her basement studio, and then photographed riding the Washington, D.C. metro, looking "as if a painting from the National Portrait Gallery has leapt off its wall to go walking through the flesh-and-blood world.[13] Her speech at the 2013 TEDGlobal conference in Edinburgh, Scotland, "Your Body is my Canvas," offers a behind the scenes look at her work, and details her career beginnings. She has named installation artist Robert Irwin as an inspiration, citing his biography, Seeing is Forgetting the Name of the Thing One Sees, as an influence on how she thinks about the perception of space.[14]

Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics

In 2015, Meade was invited to be Artist-in-Residence at the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics in Waterloo, Ontario. For this interdisciplinary project, Meade was given free rein to pursue a period of self-directed study of theoretical and quantum physics, and in return she created a collaborative art installation piece with the researchers. The curator of the artist-in-residence program, cited Meade's "fearlessness" as vital to collaboration, stating "She's not one to shy away from asking questions, which created a wonderful synergy between the creative and scientific thought processes."[15][16]

Color of Reality

Color of Reality

In 2016, Meade painted dancers Jon Boogz and Lil Buck for the short film Color of Reality produced by Animi Design. Color of Reality explores a story about gun violence and racial tensions in America as expressed through painting and dance. Dancer Lil Buck performed his unique style of dancing called Memphis Jookin’, which is a combination of ballet and street dancing. The short film was critically acclaimed in the press, with the New York Times art critic Gia Kourlas writing: “Think of it as a van Gogh — that is, if one of his paintings were brought to life as a performative protest.”[17] The film was screened at Lincoln Center, the Apollo Theater, and the Hammer Museum. It won CNN Great Big Story's Art as Impact Award, and was included in the National Civil Rights Museum’s Freedom Awards Ceremony.

Ariana Grande: God Is a Woman

In 2018 Meade painted on singer Ariana Grande for her music video God Is a Woman.[18] Grande’s music video director Dave Meyers had seen Meade and Sheila Vand’s project Milk: What Will You Make of Me? (in which Vand, bodypainted by Meade, lay in a tub of milk, the colors of the paint eventually dispersing and creating patterns throughout the milk) and approached both artists with the idea of bodypainting Grande in a milky pool of paint.[19] The piece shows Grande, nude except for Meade’s paint in shades of lavender, blue and white, floating in a pool as the colors swirl around her. Allure called it "Some of the most gorgeous imagery...striking, empowering." Meade's painted aesthetic set off a beauty and makeup trend, as thousands of people created inspired tribute art.[20]

Notable projects

In 2010, Meade’s work was exhibited at the Saatchi Gallery in London.[21] In 2012, Meade created a live performance at the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C. for the exhibit Camera-Ready Color.[22] In 2013, she gave a speech at the TEDGlobal conference in Edinburgh, Scotland, Your Body is my Canvas, in which she offered a behind the scenes look at her work and described the beginning of her career in detail.[11][23] In 2014, she joined the musician Avicii and others as part of the Project Warehouse campaign for Denim & Supply. As part of the project, she painted large-scale public art installations in Madrid, Santa Monica and Toronto.[24][25] In 2015, Meade created several artworks in Paris, France, including exhibitions at the Grand Palais and the Pinacothèque de Paris, and a live performance at David Lynch's nightclub Silencio. In 2015, she was artist-in-residence at the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics in Waterloo, Canada, and created an installation piece inspired by the scientists' work. In 2016 at the Q3 Symposium and Lecture on Peace and Security in a Quantum Age held in Sydney, Australia, Meade joined quantum physicists and scholars to debate the political, ethical and philosophical implications of quantum computing.[26] Also in 2016, Meade was invited to the White House under President Barack Obama for the South by South Lawn (SXSL) event showcasing creators and innovators.[27] In 2017, Meade went on tour with Refinery29’s installation exhibit 29Rooms, whose other contributors included Jessica Alba, Jake Gyllenhal, Emma Roberts, Demi Lovato, Janelle Monae, Anna Kendrick, Paul Feig, and Margot Robbie.[28] Also in 2016 she created the film Color of Reality with dance artists Jon Boogz and Lil Buck. In 2017, Meade was honored by the Tribeca Film Festival with the Disruptive Innovation Award, an honor celebrating those who "inspire and empower people towards innovative thinking and creative activism".[29] In 2018 she was a keynote lecturer at Stanford University for Celebration of Mind.[30] Meade was selected by Google Arts & Culture, guided by Frida Kahlo’s great-niece, Cristina Kahlo, to create artwork for "Faces of Frida" celebrating the famed Mexican portrait painter's life and her legacy carried on by women today.[31][32] Also in 2018, she used her body-painting technique on singer Ariana Grande for her music video God Is a Woman.

References

1. ^Grace Lamb-Atkinson and Crispin Lopez III, [https://www.pbs.org/newshour/art/out-of-reverse-trompe-loeil-a-new-living-art/ “In Reverse Trompe L’Oeil, Models Are Both Subject and Painting Surface,”] PBS Newshour, March 8, 2011.
2. ^{{cite web |last=Cole |first=Adam |url=https://www.npr.org/blogs/pictureshow/2012/06/08/154507514/paintings-in-really-living-color |title=Paintings In (Really) Living Color : The Picture Show |publisher=NPR |date=June 8, 2012 |access-date=December 6, 2013}}
3. ^{{cite news |last=Mackay |first=Mairi |title=The artist who turns people into paintings |url=http://edition.cnn.com/2010/US/03/19/real.life.painting.artist/index.html |publisher=CNN |date=March 19, 2010}}
4. ^{{cite web |first=Dan |last=Zak |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/23/AR2010032303850.html |title=Flesh perspective: Alexa Meade's growing body of work is work of the body |work=The Washington Post |date=March 24, 2010 |access-date=December 6, 2013}}
5. ^Carlene Thomas-Bailey, [https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2011/aug/31/alexa-meade-living-painting-art “Body art: Alexa Meade’s living paintings,”] The Guardian, August 31, 2011.
6. ^Ryan Swearingen, “Alexa Meade,” Stated Magazine, March 8, 2011.
7. ^Liat Clark, [https://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2012-10/25/alexa-meade-3d-artist "Watch Alexa Meade’s full Wired 2012 talk about art, humans and milk,"] Wired, October 25, 2012.
8. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.wired.co.uk/article/alexa-meade-3d-artist|title=Watch Alexa Meade's full Wired 2012 talk about art, humans and milk|first=Liat|last=Clark|date=January 2, 2013|publisher=|access-date=March 4, 2019|via=www.wired.co.uk}}
9. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.24life.com/seeing-more-dimensions-in-color-and-life/|title=Seeing More Dimensions – In Color, and Life|author=|date=January 5, 2017|website=24life.com|access-date=March 4, 2019}}
10. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/2014/03/06/tech/web/artist-painting-alexa-meade/index.html|title=People-painter turns tables on illusion|first=By Natalie Angley|last=CNN|date=|website=CNN|accessdate=March 4, 2019}}
11. ^https://thegreatdiscontent.com/interview/alexa-meade
12. ^Nell Alk, [https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052702303901504577460742319149810 “The Artist in Action,”] The Wall Street Journal, June 11, 2012.
13. ^{{cite web|url=https://slate.com/culture/2011/08/alexa-meade-makes-human-models-look-like-walking-paintings.html|title=An Artist Who Makes Real People Look Like Paintings|first=Heather|last=Murphy|date=August 16, 2011|website=Slate Magazine|accessdate=March 4, 2019}}
14. ^{{cite news |last=Frank |first=Priscilla |title=Alexa Meade's Incredible Painted Photographs |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/06/12/alexa-meade_n_1587703.html |newspaper=HuffPost |date=June 12, 2012}}
15. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.perimeterinstitute.ca/living-chalkboard|title=The Living Chalkboard - Perimeter Institute|author=|date=|website=www.perimeterinstitute.ca|access-date=March 4, 2019}}
16. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.perimeterinstitute.ca/node/97271|title=Watch this chalkboard come to life - Perimeter Institute|author=|date=|website=www.perimeterinstitute.ca|access-date=March 4, 2019}}
17. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/19/arts/dance/lil-buck-and-jon-boogz-wearing-paint-as-they-tell-a-tale.html|title=Lil Buck and Jon Boogz, Wearing Paint as They Tell a Tale|first=Gia|last=Kourlas|date=September 18, 2016|publisher=|accessdate=March 4, 2019|via=NYTimes.com}}
18. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHLHSlExFis|title=Ariana Grande - God is a woman|first=|last=ArianaGrandeVevo|date=July 13, 2018|publisher=|access-date=March 4, 2019|via=YouTube}}
19. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.cosmopolitan.com/style-beauty/beauty/a22370053/alexa-meade-ariana-grande-naked-body-painter-interview/|title=What It Was Like Body-Painting a Nearly Naked Ariana Grande for Her "God Is a Woman" Music Video|first=Jasmine|last=Ting|date=July 19, 2018|website=Cosmopolitan|access-date=March 4, 2019}}
20. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.teenvogue.com/story/ariana-grande-god-is-a-woman-makeup-looks|title=You Have to See These “God Is a Woman”-Inspired Makeup Looks|first=Condé|last=Nast|date=|website=Teen Vogue|access-date=March 4, 2019}}
21. ^http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/23/AR2010032303850.html
22. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052702303901504577460742319149810|title=The Artist in Action|first=Nell|last=Alk|date=June 12, 2012|publisher=|access-date=March 4, 2019|via=www.wsj.com}}
23. ^{{cite web|url=https://petapixel.com/2013/11/14/alexa-meade-began-turning-people-3d-paintings/|title=Alexa Meade on Why and How She Began Turning People Into Real Life Paintings|author=|date=|website=petapixel.com|access-date=March 4, 2019}}
24. ^Apostolos Mitsios, “Denim & Supply Brings Its Warehouse Project, Featuring Artist Alexa Meade, to Madrid,” HG, September 19, 2014.
25. ^Rashad Webb, “Denim & Supply Ralph Lauren Teams Up With Music and Art Visionaries to Present Project Warehouse,” Essential Homme, August 4, 2014.
26. ^{{cite web|url=https://sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2016/02/05/probing-the-peace-and-security-implications-of-quantum-innovatio.html|title=Probing the peace and security implications of quantum innovation|author=|date=|website=The University of Sydney|access-date=March 4, 2019}}
27. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.sxsw.com/sxsl/|title=South by South Lawn (SXSL)|author=|date=|website=sxsw.com|access-date=March 4, 2019}}
28. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/home/la-hm-refinery29-29rooms-20171201-htmlstory.html|title=The good news: Refinery 29's popular 29 Rooms hits DTLA Thursday. The bad news: It's sold out|first=Lisa|last=Boone|date=|website=latimes.com|access-date=March 4, 2019}}
29. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/3dxzj3/alexa-meade-body-painting-artist-disrupting-portraiture|title=Meet the Body Painting Artist Disrupting Portraiture|first=Kara|last=Weisenstein|date=May 4, 2017|website=vice.com|access-date=March 4, 2019}}
30. ^{{cite web|url=https://arts.stanford.edu/event/79726/|title=A Celebration of Mind: Mathematics, Art, and Magic – Stanford Arts|first1=© Stanford|last1=University|first2=|last2=Stanford|first3=California 94305 Copyright|last3=Complaints|date=|website=stanford.edu|access-date=March 4, 2019}}
31. ^{{cite web|url=https://artsandculture.google.com/theme/UgJiy6dfuVDsKw|title=Making "Frida & I": Capturing Frida Kahlo’s Legacy On Film|author=|date=|website=Google Arts & Culture|access-date=March 4, 2019}}
32. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/veronicavillafane/2018/05/23/google-unveils-frida-kahlo-retrospective-with-never-before-seen-artifacts/|title=Google Unveils Frida Kahlo Retrospective With Never-Before-Seen Artifacts|first=Veronica|last=Villafañe|date=|website=Forbes|access-date=March 4, 2019}}

External links

  • Official website
  • {{Commons category-inline|Alexa Meade}}
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