http://hifructose.com/2015/02/20/on-view-dustin-yellin-at-the-new-york-city-ballet/
http://dustinyellin.com/
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Today in class I showed you a quick video on Dustin Yellin, a New York artist in charge of a sculptural installation for the New York City Ballet. Yellin's work is comprised of multiple panes of glass that have had surface treatments of paint or collage applied to them. After the surface treatments are applied, the glass panes are glued together to make a singular, three-dimensional form trapped in the glass, a bit like something being frozen in a giant block of ice. I would like for you to look at his work on his website and respond to it here. You need to submit your 2 paragraph response AS WELL AS a response to someone else in class to get full credit. This will be due by March 3rd (Tuesday).
http://hifructose.com/2015/02/20/on-view-dustin-yellin-at-the-new-york-city-ballet/ http://dustinyellin.com/
19 Comments
Marie H.
2/28/2015 02:09:48 pm
Wow. It's incredible how complex Yellin's work is. The different layers of paint and collage really make it interesting to look at. His work "untitled cave" makes me think of natural geodes, or stalactites in a cave. His piece "The Triptych" immediately makes me think of The Odyessy, with raging seas and complete chaos. The people bathing in a fountain of blood is a nice touch, too.
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C. Howe
3/3/2015 03:28:20 am
I totally agree about the where's Waldo book, it's like every time you look at one of his pieces you see something different and can never find what you saw in the first place.
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Eilish Gormley
3/3/2015 12:11:40 pm
I agree, I totally want to see what it looks like separated! It's so hard to wrap my head around how he does each slice. I'm also curious about how many slices go into each piece.
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Katherine Bentz
3/3/2015 12:50:51 pm
I LOLed when I saw the people surrounding the fountain of blood in "Triptych"! That piece as a whole is so bizarre I have to wonder where he finds all the printed things he put in there... especially things like the fish that appears to be playing golf and the deer head that's superimposed on a swimsuit model's body. I would love to do some collage art like that in art class sometime.
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Hadyn Moll
3/1/2015 04:05:56 am
By looking through Dustin Yellin's artwork I am in aw with the way he comes up with his ideas of making his pieces come alive but also being frozen in a way that it's simply beautiful. My favorite thing about Dustin Yellin is that he puts so much different colors in every piece he does and it just truly brings out what he's trying to put into his artwork and or piece.
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Victoria Clute
3/2/2015 12:08:08 pm
I like how he doesn't just put a lot of colors in each of his pieces but he color coordinates all of his art works. Some he does a rainbow of colors but puts each color with similar colors. His piece where the person is putting his hands up like he is trying to get out has a piece in its leg where there is a very bright bit of orange. That's another thing that really makes a piece stand out. Bright colors when the rest of the art is a duller color definitely draws attention to the piece of artwork. Dustin Yellin did do a very good job of that.
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Carly Dederick
3/3/2015 11:58:08 pm
I totally agree on that he puts the most complex colors and items in his work. There was one that looked like a jungle and there were so many different items inside that you never got bored. That is the really cool thing about his work because you will never get tired of looking at with all of the little detailed elements. I would have never thought of doing this, it is truly inspiring.
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Victoria Clute
3/2/2015 10:25:33 am
I think what makes Dustin Yellin's artwork so interesting is his "out of the box" thinking. My favorite part of his works is that he adds pictures from other things, like magazines or pictures. I think this really draws spectators in as they look from picture to picture inside his work.
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Christina Ayers
3/3/2015 01:36:50 pm
I agree that because his work is so intricate it truly draws in the viewer. From a distance it looks like a figure trapped in glass but on closer inspection you find hundreds of thousands of little parts making the greater whole. His work is something that you could spend hours looking at and still not see every detail. His work can be seen on individual panels as paintings and still be amazing but when theya re all put together, they become truly breathtaking.
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C. Howe
3/3/2015 03:24:58 am
Dustin Yellin’s work is absolutely beautiful and mind blowing all at the same time. All that time and the amount of detail that goes into each pane of glass is crazy. Imagine the amount of time it takes to make just one panel! The way that he creates his pieces is like making hundreds of paintings in order to only have one that is complete in the end. He is a truly gifted artist to be able to make his work look so perfect and to give the viewer the idea that it really is three dimensional. When I first saw his work I was blown away. The whole idea is so creative and appealing for anyone who looks at it. You just stare at it wondering how he did it.
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Emily Warren
3/3/2015 07:22:28 am
I agree in that each of the individual panels could easily be paintings.
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Emily Warren
3/3/2015 06:22:50 am
This work is abs
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Emily Warren
3/3/2015 06:32:29 am
Well. That was uncomfortable because I meant to type "this work is absolutely amazing," and hit submit by mistake. Moving on.
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Eilish Gormley
3/3/2015 12:09:07 pm
Yellin's work is incredibly captivating. Looking at the cave works, it's amazing how flawlessly each glass slide blends into the next. It's as if the forms are floating within the glass. They almost look like digital 3D works. I've never seen sculptures with this type of appearance. I really cannot describe it.
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Katherine Bentz
3/3/2015 12:42:59 pm
The things that Yellin can do with glass panels and paint is remarkable to say the least. From looking through his galleries, his work gives off these themes that are dystopian and mythical and often times also surrealist. The scene in his large work "The Triptych" reminds me of a futuristic Pompeii where Mount Vesuvius destroys the modern city while in the meantime the sea god Poseidon causes true chaos in the waters. The complexity of the frozen collage of paint and paper clippings is hypnotizing, and using the zoom function on his website is like falling down a rabbit hole into this endless story caught in a frozen frame. The materials that he uses to make all the different layers is one thing that keeps me looking at it for a good ten minutes- the everyday objects like paperclips just scattered around in there along with the illustrated people and paint splatters give it a very chaotic look.
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John Ferguson
3/3/2015 01:04:31 pm
Dustin Yellin is open to be celebrated for his massive intricate layered glass sculptures. Personally, the vibe that I receive is an essence of dystopia in a possible science fiction setting owing to the almost galactic appearance of the dancers hovering over an illuminated platform resembling famous astronomical media such as Star Wars or Halo. However, although easily appearing futuristic to me, I feel a certain undesirable or frightening theme applied to various pieces. A message is conveyed that their beauty of art is a struggle as if they are figuratively trapped between the glass. There is a sense of dehumanization or a cataclysmic event.
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John Ferguson
3/3/2015 01:20:20 pm
@C. Howe
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Christina Ayers
3/3/2015 01:28:41 pm
Dustin Yellin's work is unlike anything that I have ever seen before. It is a sculpture that appears to be moving right before my eyes. The amount of work that he puts on every single panel and that fact that he can envision all of the panels put together at the end is incomprehensible to me. I think that his work being shown at the New York Cit Ballet is very appropriate since his pieces show the movement and beauty of movement of the human body.
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Madison Boyd
3/3/2015 01:57:44 pm
I for one can't believe how Yellin does this. His artwork is amazing. The detail within his work is beyond words. The fact that his artwork is to such a large scale amazes me. I really enjoy looking at his work. The modles of dancers would have to be my favorite though. Being a dancer myself I find that even more intrigueing. The one that I enjoy the most is the blue and purple dancer that is made from what looks like paint and paper clippings. I love how the paint and the clippings mix together to form an unique imagine. The mixture between the two fasinates me. Yellin's work is very interesting to look at. With every piece brings something new to look at. You can even look at one piece of artwork moew than once and find something new within it that you didn't see before hand. I really enjoy his work and hope to be able to veiw it in person someday.
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