Symmetrical Balance- Formal balance where two sides of a design are identical.
Detail of the Plate for Virginia Woolf in the Dinner Party by Judy Chicago.
Judy Chicago (American, b. 1939). Ceramic Goddess #3 (Study for Goddess Figurine on Fertile Goddess runner), 1977.
Leonardo Drew (American, b. 1961) Untitled, 1999 Mixed media (cotton, wood, rust, found objects)
Nam June Paik- Baby Buddha; mixed media and video installation; 2001.
Nam June Paik, "Who's your Tree," 1996. Installation view at the Indianapolis Museum of Art, 1997.
Asymmetrical Balance- A type of balance in which the two sides of an artwork are not exactly alike, but are still visually balanced.
Eva Hesse- Tomorrow's Apples (5 in White) 1965
Eva Hesse- Oomamaboomba; 1965. paint, cord, cord-wrapped metal, and concretion on Masonite
Constantin Brancusi, The Muse, 1912. Marble, 17 3/4 x 9 x 6 3/4".
Constantin Brancusi's Bird in Space; Marble. 1923
‘Untitled’ by Tom Friedman, 1999; his school chair, drilled into skeletal oblivion.
Radial Balance- A type of balance in which objects are positioned around a central point.
Judy Chicago, Through the Flower, 1972
Judy Chicago- Caroline Herschel Test Plate (late) from The Dinner Party; china paint on porcelain; 1978
Judy Chicago (Belen, NM) “Butterfly Vagina as the Primordial Seed Pod” 15 x 15 cm., China paint on porcelain in velvet-lined box, 1974
Nam June Paik- Venus- painted aluminium infrastructure with a multi painted satellite dish, 24 color TV sets and laser disc player.
Nam June Paik’s sketch for Modulation in Sync (1999), from "The Worlds of Nam June Paik".
Scale- The ratio between the size of something and a representation of it.
Claes Oldenburg- Clothespin. Cor-Ten and stainless steels 45 ft. x 12 ft. 3 in. x 4 ft. 6 in. (13.7 x 3.7 x 1.4 m); 1976
Claes Oldenburg- Spoonbridge and Cherry. Stainless steel and aluminum painted with polyurethane enamel 29 ft. 6 in. x 51 ft. 6 in. x 13 ft. 6 in. 1988
Claes Oldenburg- Binoculars. Steel frame; exterior: concrete and cement plaster painted with elastomeric paint; interior: gypsum plaster 45 x 44 x 18 ft.
Balancing Tools. Steel painted with polyurethane enamel 26 ft. 3 in. x 29 ft. 6 in. x 19 ft. 10 in. 1981
Claes Oldenburg- Flashlight. Steel painted with polyurethane enamel 38 ft. 6 in. (11.73 m) high x 10 ft. 6 in. 1981
Proportion- The quotient obtained when the magnitude of a part is divided by the magnitude of the whole.
Door, 'Porta' 1976; Plywood, plastic and metal. 2210 x 1410 x 50 mm
Twinned Veins- Judy Chicago; glass paint on cast glass. 2006
Nam June Paik- Untitled. 1972
Buddha Shines, 1990. wood, wax, plaster, enamel, gold leaf, fabric, tv monitor, video
Magdelena Abakanoqwitz's COEXISTENCE. 2002, burlap, resin group of 14 pieces
Emphasis- The principle of design that is concerned with dominance; the development of a main idea or center of interest (focal point).
Red Flag- Judy Chicago, 1971; aluminum plates
Michelangelo Pistoletto, Mappamondo (Oggetti in meno) (Globe Minus Objects),1966-68, pressed newspaper, iron rod.
Strange Weather- Tom Burr, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Philip Lai, Mike Nelson, Eva Rothschild, Ricky Swallow, Pae White. 2004
Damián Ortega- That Was Then … This Is Now
Marcel Duchamp- The Bicycle Wheel, 1913
Contrast- The difference in visual properties that makes an object (or its representation in an image) distinguishable from other objects and the background.
Leonardo Drew's 171T. Mixed media, 2009.
Leonardo Drew's Number119D, Wood, acrylic on paper in Plexiglas box; 2009
Louise Bourgeois-“Spider Home” Cast Bronze and Wood, 2002
Louise Bourgeois: Ansicht der Installation in der Peridot Gallery, Einzelstellung, 1950
Michelangelo Pistoletto- Grande cubo specchiante - Luogo di riflessione e meditazione, 2007.
Variety- A category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality.
Michaelangelo Pistoletto- Venus of the Rags; 1967
Louise Nevelson- City on the High Mountain, 1983, painted steel
Nam June Paik: Reclining Buddha, 1994, 2 color televisions, 2 Pioneer laser disk players, 2 original Paik laser disks, found object Buddha, 20 x 24 x 14 inches
Electronic Superhighway"- Nam June Paik, 1995.
Coubertin (1988), Nam June Paik
Repetition- Happening many times in a similar way.
7 poly-resin hand cast painted black installation from Judy Chicago's Envisioning the Future Project.
Louise Bourgeois, Seven in a Bed , 2001, fabric, stainless steel, glass and wood.
Louise Bourgeois's The Blind Leading the Blind, 1947-1949, from the Hirshhorn's collection.
Eva Hesse, Aught, 1968
Eva Hesse, 'Expanded Expansion', 1969 Reinforced fiberglass poles and rubberized cheesecloth. Overall: 122 x 300 inches.
Rhythm- An interval during which a recurring sequence of events occurs.
Eva Hesse- Untitled (Rope Piece) 1970
Richard Serra- Forty Years
; New York; 2007
Richard Serra’s Opened Ended
Serra’s “Sequence” (2006) on the second floor of the MoMA.
Judy Chicago- Birth Tear, embroidery on cloth;1982
