Some important notes!: 1) We were so overcome with love for John Cage and Merce Cunningham that we switched their names in their heart pictures at 5:53. Inexcusable. Hopefully by the end of the section, we will have correctly attributed them enough to make up for it. 2) Hoodies can be purchased here: store.dftba.com/collections/the-art-assignment 3) That couple you're mad I didn't mention is probably mentioned near the end. And if not, kindly list them here.
What I really love about these is that they aren't "love stories". They are stories of human partnership and collaboration in which the partners happen to also snog each others lips. I love art and creation as this collaborative, human experiment, and the idea of finding a person, romantic or not, that you love spending time with and creates on the right wavelength to compliment yours is so wonderful. Plus if they also happen to want to kiss your face.
John , be honest. Has this channel ever made a bad video? ( Granted, a horrific meat/pillar/sculpture was once concocted but that video itself was a delight!)
@@Skukkix23 she does (or at least did) and is quite good at it (according to John), but she didn't go into making it as a career (curatorship was her preferred path). I think these videos are her public facing art now.
Thank you for affirming and celebrating the loves of these artists, especially the LGBTQ couples. Seeing them elevated and treated as equals is exactly the representation I crave; it helps people feel normal. Thanks for your work!
The thing so amazing about the art assignment is that no matter what mood I am in, no matter the day or the time or my mental state the art assignment fills me with a genuine feeling of community and acceptance. I often feel alone in my interests in art history but with the art assignment I am given a space to express my love. Keep up the great work
From the world of literature, the artist couple that comes to mind are Elizabeth Barrett and Robert Browning, who have a fascinating love story that influenced each others poetry.
My boyfriend and I make novels together. He is the novelist and I’m the illustrator and the one giving inspirations and feedbacks and stuff, but we also discuss literature, politics and philosophy. I’m really thankful that our relationship and our creative process are helping one another to grow artistically and as a well being. In fact his creativity is one quality that attracted me. Glad to have a partner to be with me to do fun art stuff together! And thank you for giving more insight to how such romantic relationship influences two artists/experts’ works in their field! I didn’t know much about art couples before watching the video.
Couple things I love about this video: 1) Sara (and the whole team then) are so dedicated to a truly educational and focused show - not one mention of her own love interests at all 2) all the LGBTQ couples were talked about and treated the exact same way as the straight couples, focusing more on what they meant to each other than what their relationship meant to the world (not any more or less than the other couples at least). Truly equal. Thank you for the awesome content!
I love how informative it is and that you didn't straight-wash art history My partner isn't an artist but damn does she supposed and inspire me. She's gone to most of my arts events, encourages, and helps me see the value in my work since the topics are cover niche
The giant shuttlecocks at the Nelson Atkins are a major sweetpoint in my relationship with my partner. I hadnt realised how lovely the backstory was! I adore this video to pieces ♡♡♡
Despite some of the derision that Andrew Wyeth received from critics, I find his work amazing in it's skill, color and subject. Obviously there was an amazing connection between Wyeth and Helga. :-) I'd also have to mention Picasso and ALL of his women (Fernande Olivier, Olga Khoklova, Marie-Thérèse Walter, Dora Maar, Françoise Gilot and Jacqueline Roque) because he himself admitted that women were his greatest inspirations.
Lovely! Thank you for this exploration of love between creatives. Feel so lucky that I too also have a beloved creative partner to live, love and create with! Keep loving, keep creating!
I have never met a couple who both happened to be visual artists that worked out for some reason, so this was a very happy and informative video! Thank you for this.
Wrt contemporary artists in love, I'm still obsessed with Sue Webster and Tim Noble. The way their work is collaborative or plays off one another is an undeniably fascinating aspect of their work, to me anyway. Their shadow sculptures still stun me.
love that you talked about merce cunningham and john cage!!! i learned about them in my dance history course in uni. always happy to be dance talked about on this show!
I loved the video with the passion that I love their creative approach and I hit myself hard cause you didn't mention the Eames I guess. They deserved a story to say the least. I'll wait for the next video to watch their story...loved this one anyway!!
Would love to see a video on artist groups! Not necessarily artists who collaborated or were part of a collective, but those that gathered for the sake of intellectual conversation or parties, i.e. The Factory, The Four (Glasgow), The Bloomsbury Group, Stein's Salons, etc. Love The Art Assignment!
I learned a lot from this video. Thank you. I know it’s a bit different from your focus on collaboration, but I was hoping you would have mentioned Manet and Morisot.
i don't know if this was on purpose but one thing i loved loved loved was that as soon as you introduced Cahun and Moore as using gender neutral names, you used (almost) no gendered terms when discussing them. It's videos like this that i'd like to show to everyone who finds it a hassle, or argues that it takes too much work to include gender neutral terms, as well as showcasing non-heteronormative or solely white relationships when discussing arts, history, and Important People therein. Thank you
I haven’t watched the video yet, I assume it’s as well made as the rest, but I have to say I love the new sweatshirt and I wish you could draw on the black with chalk. That way you could constantly add new and different art to it.
Interesting video. But I'm wondering how love itself affects the artists, especially when they both create said art. Can art be an extension of the courtship? Or can it stand for communication in a relationship, each side of the conversation having been generated by one artist or the other? Or maybe these were the romantic and naive ideas this video was arguing against. I don't know. My own ignorance is as great as my curiosity
All of the above? It seems like each relationship is its own mix of these things. And it can change during the course of the relationship. Read some memoirs and let us know!
I know a local artist (painter, Ruth Neustadter) who was a dancer with Cunningham. I created and run a NJ non profit working in community development via fine arts. I have been trying for more than 5 years to get Ruth to show in Newark . At one time, she taught art in the Newark public school system but I can't get her attention
I love the video, well all of them, really. Wanted to point out tho that Bauhaus opened up for women not only textiles but at first ceramics as well and later encouraged them to choose other specializations.
What a fantastic video! I hadn’t heard of many of these artists (or collaborations) before and now I must go do lots more research.🤓 Ps.The 🤷🏻♀️ moment was perfect.
An artist couple that I loved a lot was Mary Oliver and Molly Malone Cook. They lived together for more than forty years; There's a book of their work, called "Our World", which brings together Oliver's poetry and Cook's photography. Also, Cook shows up from time to time as a subject on some of Oliver's poems, most notoriously recently, maybe, in her beautiful poem 'The Whistler'.
Wonderful example, and thanks for mentioning here. The repetition of the word "Cook" in your comment kept making me think there was something about cooking happening in this relationship, and I got really excited for a second that maybe I could do an art cooking :(.
Some important notes!:
1) We were so overcome with love for John Cage and Merce Cunningham that we switched their names in their heart pictures at 5:53. Inexcusable. Hopefully by the end of the section, we will have correctly attributed them enough to make up for it.
2) Hoodies can be purchased here: store.dftba.com/collections/the-art-assignment
3) That couple you're mad I didn't mention is probably mentioned near the end. And if not, kindly list them here.
The Art Assignment had me questioning everything i know
Bebe and Louis Barron
RAY AND CHARLES EAMES! WHOOHOO
Oh… no mention of (Maria Helena) Vieira da Silva - my favourite Portuguese painter - and Arpad Szenes.😐
Camille Claudette and August Rodin
What I really love about these is that they aren't "love stories". They are stories of human partnership and collaboration in which the partners happen to also snog each others lips. I love art and creation as this collaborative, human experiment, and the idea of finding a person, romantic or not, that you love spending time with and creates on the right wavelength to compliment yours is so wonderful. Plus if they also happen to want to kiss your face.
Wonderfully said. :)
well if that isnt the definition of love then i dont know what is
Gosh this was so good! -John
John , be honest. Has this channel ever made a bad video? ( Granted, a horrific meat/pillar/sculpture was once concocted but that video itself was a delight!)
Our sentimental hero appears
Aww!
Oooof I love you guys didn’t know you were into art tho
coupla artists in love
In a way, Sarah and John are also artists in love. ❤️
my favorite couple on youtube
@@jits8767 Mine too
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does sarah make art herself? and where can I find it?
@@Skukkix23 she does (or at least did) and is quite good at it (according to John), but she didn't go into making it as a career (curatorship was her preferred path). I think these videos are her public facing art now.
As always, this is so beautifully told. The inclusion of non-heterosexual couples in the last part of the video is laudable. Keep up the great job!
I love myself some intersectional representation this Valentine's Gay!
Yes agree, A+! Loved seeing people like me represented right off the bat
Well to be fair artists tend to see the world in a less regid way, so they most likely will come off as non-orthodox
@@cossaizy6309 Don't forget. There are lots of gays who want to live orthodox lives and do so with their homosexual partner.
I love the use of tacky hearts on this sublime video.
They even have the PBS logo on them, it's adorable.
Thank you for affirming and celebrating the loves of these artists, especially the LGBTQ couples. Seeing them elevated and treated as equals is exactly the representation I crave; it helps people feel normal. Thanks for your work!
this this this this this this this!!!
Funny most artist couples i know are LGBT, i was kinda surprised to learn about the straight couples
Jan Svankmajer and Eva Svankmajerova; Yuri Norstein and Francesca Yarbusova--both pairs making such brilliant stop motion animation.
The thing so amazing about the art assignment is that no matter what mood I am in, no matter the day or the time or my mental state the art assignment fills me with a genuine feeling of community and acceptance. I often feel alone in my interests in art history but with the art assignment I am given a space to express my love. Keep up the great work
I love this channel and this is a BRILLIANT video but honestly that shrug in the middle gave me life
From the world of literature, the artist couple that comes to mind are Elizabeth Barrett and Robert Browning, who have a fascinating love story that influenced each others poetry.
so true.. i even learned it at school
My boyfriend and I make novels together. He is the novelist and I’m the illustrator and the one giving inspirations and feedbacks and stuff, but we also discuss literature, politics and philosophy. I’m really thankful that our relationship and our creative process are helping one another to grow artistically and as a well being. In fact his creativity is one quality that attracted me. Glad to have a partner to be with me to do fun art stuff together!
And thank you for giving more insight to how such romantic relationship influences two artists/experts’ works in their field! I didn’t know much about art couples before watching the video.
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Oh my gosh thank you for giving your heart!!!!
That sounds really nice and it is great that you get such the chance
Never ever break up, this is too wholesome to end
my one true love is Art Assignment
What!? No Gala+Dalí?
Stieglitz and o'keefe had a really interesting relationship. Many affairs, ups and downs, but they helped each other hugely develop their work.
Couple things I love about this video:
1) Sara (and the whole team then) are so dedicated to a truly educational and focused show - not one mention of her own love interests at all
2) all the LGBTQ couples were talked about and treated the exact same way as the straight couples, focusing more on what they meant to each other than what their relationship meant to the world (not any more or less than the other couples at least). Truly equal.
Thank you for the awesome content!
We will surely need one more video like this because it will keep reminding us that how much love has influenced in creating the history of art.
I am a simple woman. I see a lovely comment by a person of a desi name watching the same things I love, I like it.
@@oof-rr5nf ❤
That hoodie!!! I don't know if I want the hoodie or the tote bag ahhh
and to all the artists that have a significant other working for them tirelessly behind the scenes.
Thank you for your excellent posts! When I want to run and hide from this crazy world I find an Art Assignment post to watch.
Gays!!1 there’s gays thank u art assignment
Omg I can't believe you mentioned Jersey! So few people know about our little island I had no idea the first pair fled here!
Oh my!!! This video filled my heart with love and warmth for some apparent reason!!
Art does not have to be an isolated thing. Yay!
And what about Frédéric Chopin and George Sands
I know he was an musician and she was a writer but still music and writing are art too
But it was more like one sided, chopin was just too good of a guy to tell Sands to leave him alone
His name was Fryderyk. He was Polish, not French.
there is a PBS logo inside a heart shaped balloon - how fitting !
LOVING the diversity in the couples chosen for this video!
I love the shrug you made at 5:09 - me too!
I love how informative it is and that you didn't straight-wash art history
My partner isn't an artist but damn does she supposed and inspire me. She's gone to most of my arts events, encourages, and helps me see the value in my work since the topics are cover niche
Loved this! Please make a part 2!!!
This was an eye opener! Some of those couples I'd never even have thought...
Thank you for this loveliest of Valentines.
I'm so happy when you guys upload a new video! Thanks!
I am not a religious person, but...
"this is not a sentimental video about the great power of love between artists"
... thank god
The best thing to come out on the eve of valentine's day!😊😊
The giant shuttlecocks at the Nelson Atkins are a major sweetpoint in my relationship with my partner. I hadnt realised how lovely the backstory was! I adore this video to pieces ♡♡♡
Vincent Van Gogh and his sentience to the world and the people around him. 🖤🖤🖤
Despite some of the derision that Andrew Wyeth received from critics, I find his work amazing in it's skill, color and subject. Obviously there was an amazing connection between Wyeth and Helga. :-) I'd also have to mention Picasso and ALL of his women (Fernande Olivier, Olga Khoklova, Marie-Thérèse Walter, Dora Maar, Françoise Gilot and Jacqueline Roque) because he himself admitted that women were his greatest inspirations.
Lovely! Thank you for this exploration of love between creatives. Feel so lucky that I too also have a beloved creative partner to live, love and create with! Keep loving, keep creating!
I have never met a couple who both happened to be visual artists that worked out for some reason, so this was a very happy and informative video! Thank you for this.
That sweatshirt is absolutely gorgeous and I'm so jealous that you have one. If only I had the funds to buy one myself😍😣
i love how representative this was
Wrt contemporary artists in love, I'm still obsessed with Sue Webster and Tim Noble. The way their work is collaborative or plays off one another is an undeniably fascinating aspect of their work, to me anyway. Their shadow sculptures still stun me.
Happy valentine ;)
The Clothespin and the Button by Oldenburg are my favorite pieces of public art here in Philly, and they have some stiff competition.
love that you talked about merce cunningham and john cage!!! i learned about them in my dance history course in uni. always happy to be dance talked about on this show!
I am also inspired by love. The lack of it.
thank you for this channel!!
I loved the video with the passion that I love their creative approach and I hit myself hard cause you didn't mention the Eames I guess. They deserved a story to say the least. I'll wait for the next video to watch their story...loved this one anyway!!
I took me halfway through this video to realize that tomorrow's Valentine's day...
That was great! Thank you so much. 😊
WHOOOO I've been monitoring your uploads!!! I love each video, keep it up
ominous....
(I kid)
Would love to see a video on artist groups! Not necessarily artists who collaborated or were part of a collective, but those that gathered for the sake of intellectual conversation or parties, i.e. The Factory, The Four (Glasgow), The Bloomsbury Group, Stein's Salons, etc. Love The Art Assignment!
This is a great idea!
More of these please 😃 I want to hear about all of these collaborations!
Yes! Part 2 Please.
Thank you for introducing Cahun and Moore to me.
Why 'Charles and Ray Eames' isn't mentioned????
Same question here bro...!!
Bernd and Hilla Becher! What a wonderful video!
I learned a lot from this video. Thank you. I know it’s a bit different from your focus on collaboration, but I was hoping you would have mentioned Manet and Morisot.
I love this channel so much and this was so good. Thank you.
That hoodie!
I love this channel so much♥️
This video blew my mind in many ways.
my favorite contemporary collaboration is Aivi and Surasshu! Though they’re musicians, I love the way their styles play off each other
Thanks for a positive story. :)
i don't know if this was on purpose but one thing i loved loved loved was that as soon as you introduced Cahun and Moore as using gender neutral names, you used (almost) no gendered terms when discussing them. It's videos like this that i'd like to show to everyone who finds it a hassle, or argues that it takes too much work to include gender neutral terms, as well as showcasing non-heteronormative or solely white relationships when discussing arts, history, and Important People therein. Thank you
John and Hank are art partners and even say "I love you" thanks to Esther!
OMG, what a great hoddie!!!
Me whenever you guys mention something at the Nelson Atkins: 😍😄 “that’s my museum!” 💗
Beautiful.
I haven’t watched the video yet, I assume it’s as well made as the rest, but I have to say I love the new sweatshirt and I wish you could draw on the black with chalk. That way you could constantly add new and different art to it.
there needs to be a part two of this video.
Interesting video. But I'm wondering how love itself affects the artists, especially when they both create said art. Can art be an extension of the courtship? Or can it stand for communication in a relationship, each side of the conversation having been generated by one artist or the other? Or maybe these were the romantic and naive ideas this video was arguing against. I don't know. My own ignorance is as great as my curiosity
Surely both can overlap
All of the above? It seems like each relationship is its own mix of these things. And it can change during the course of the relationship. Read some memoirs and let us know!
Would love to see a part 2, 3, etc :)
I want Eames😭😭😭
I DEMAND A PART 2...A SERIES I RECKON!!!!
I know a local artist (painter, Ruth Neustadter) who was a dancer with Cunningham. I created and run a NJ non profit working in community development via fine arts. I have been trying for more than 5 years to get Ruth to show in Newark . At one time, she taught art in the Newark public school system but I can't get her attention
the hoodie is soooooo coooollll
I love the video, well all of them, really. Wanted to point out tho that Bauhaus opened up for women not only textiles but at first ceramics as well and later encouraged them to choose other specializations.
Aha! Thanks for the clarification.
also leo and diane dillion! great video
I would love to see a video about Leo and Diane Dillon. Their gorgeous artwork covered many and varied styles, and their story is really interesting.
This was amazing! You should talk more about artists who collaborate!
That hoodie is fire 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
What a fantastic video! I hadn’t heard of many of these artists (or collaborations) before and now I must go do lots more research.🤓
Ps.The 🤷🏻♀️ moment was perfect.
Fleetwood Mac is one of the musical versions of this. You can literally feel the love in their music
An artist couple that I loved a lot was Mary Oliver and Molly Malone Cook. They lived together for more than forty years; There's a book of their work, called "Our World", which brings together Oliver's poetry and Cook's photography. Also, Cook shows up from time to time as a subject on some of Oliver's poems, most notoriously recently, maybe, in her beautiful poem 'The Whistler'.
Wonderful example, and thanks for mentioning here. The repetition of the word "Cook" in your comment kept making me think there was something about cooking happening in this relationship, and I got really excited for a second that maybe I could do an art cooking :(.
Awesome video love is th answer
Really like the hoodie
What‘s better than a lesbian art Love story ?❤️My gay heart Beats faster 🙏🏼🥰
SAME. I love learning about gay artists. Also watched a video on James Baldwin by TED Ed earlier today, so this day just keeps getting better.
Necesito una segunda parte.
RAY AND CHARLES EAMES!! WOOHOO!!!
me and my gf are both artists and often our art relates which is beautiful
I wish the shirt was still available! The print is still available on a bag though.
I like you included nonbinary arts and their work.
I LOVED this episode.
My Phone: 5% battery left
Me: *clicks on Art Assignment video*
lots of love,subscribed!
This 'continuation' requires a collaborative book.
i am in love with you, art assignment
I love her hoodie where did she get it does anyone know
the rose is beatiful