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.

Comments

1. Damn hippie
2. I'm not sure if I could explain why, but this guy just strikes me as the real deal. I'm fairly aware of many contemporary artists out there, and I find so many of them to be posers and boring or tiresome but Tuttle's work, for some reason, is fascinating!
3. We shot this in the three hour period. I am glad to see it holds up.
4. good old king tut
5. Hey who shot this? Its fabulous.
6. that thin line is what is keeping him from being shackled to a bed in a nut house and yet he tosses it around so delicately as though it were his own sperm.
7. "A lot of my work is about not doing something well". Well that he is good at. I need drugs to find it remotely interesting.
8. self important ...get over it T.
9. I respect your comment, but if you read my comment again you can see that Im not saying any of that you are accusing me off. I didnt say it was a problem nor art always have to give you an answer. Good questions anyways. Most art has a connection that connects it with humans and life. Thats why people can relate to art, now if you go very very deep, either you loosing the connection or the most deepest peopel can see the genious in it.
10. What a F. I respect artists and I know they are genious but somehow they can get so deep into their art that its hard for a real person to grasp what the F is going on.
11. tuttle is a madman, but he will be in all the future art history books
12. 1:06 - so beautiful. The real looks like an illusion. The illusion is actually real...
13. only Tuttle