This document discusses works by three artists: Katharina Grosse, Joan Jonas, and Elizabeth Murray. It provides background information on each artist and describes some of their artworks. For Grosse, it discusses her extensive use of color and fast painting style. For Jonas, it describes her preference for loose, unplanned drawings done quickly. For Murray, it notes her use of random shapes and how her paintings reveal ideas and views of life. The document also includes drawings by the author in response to works by Grosse, Jonas, and Murray.

1. Art 21 Project
Valerie Ridgley
4/30/15
Art 103
Mr. Riesmeyer

2. Katharina Grosse:
“Wunderblock” 2013
Katharina Grosse
Acrylic on glass, fiber reinforced plastic. 14 x 8 ½ x 67ft.
Katharina Grosse is from Freiburg, Germany and currently resides and works (artist
and teacher) in Berlin, Germany. Throughout her career she has achieved several
awards for her works created. Katharina believes the use of color is under-rated and
that color, in fact, is a very important element which has been around for centuries. A
majority of her works are done with acrylic paint via a spray gun, in a very fast
manor, which gives her a chance to express her emotions without thinking of them.
Painting is a way to “reveal her feelings and understand them” stated Grosse.

3. Katharina, no matter the work created, always has an extensive amount of color
added to it, sometimes with a little gray, black and white in the background or work
as well. The first thing that drew me towards her work is her extreme use of
varying colors throughout. When in a museum, the first thing that always attracts
me to a painting is the use of color. I love the way that a huge quantity of varying
colors in a work is so intriguing and for me, color really grabs my attention.
“The Maze”
Valerie Ridgley
Drawing and Painting on paper, primed, acrylic paint 7.5 x 9.5in

4. Joan Jonas:
Joan Jonas has won several awards through out her career such as ones from
her work in Anonymous Was A Woman, the Rockefeller Foundation and
several more. Joan has done drawings in her studio in Manhattan (part of one
collection) and drawings for and during performances (2nd collection). Joan’s
work is not carefully drawn out, as you can see, her preference is drawing fast,
trying to bring out hidden traits or ideas. As with every artist, she does not
normally keep her first drawing because, as she informed us in a video, her first
few drawings and normally un-representational which is why she draws them
over and over until she gets one that she likes.
Major Exhibitions:
-Museum of Modern Art, NY (2010)
-National Endowments for the Arts (1974)
-Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (2013)
-Queens Museum of Art (2003)
-Venice Biennale (2009)
-Renaissance Society (2004)
Double Lunar Rabbit, 2010
Joan Jonas
Installation in Japan.
Performance done on stage at an opera to evoke emotions.
Joan Jonas

5. I really like Joan’s drawing style because it is not well planned out such as the style of other artists.
She finds something she likes and chooses her drawing tool to complete it and just lets her hand to
the work. Although it could prove to be a lengthy process until you find the one you like, I admire
her uniqueness. All her work is natural, and no one drawing will ever look exactly the same as the
previous or next copy.
The lady bug I chose as a response to the Double Lunar Rabbit and the drawings of insects done by
Joan herself. The face is a response to her work done on stage (the left image on the previous slide)
and although it looks the same, it is quite different in details, texture and quality. The butterflies
image I had done with my eyes closed and although it doesn’t fully represent a butterfly, it makes
my mind wonder every time I look at it.
“Human Outline” (The Face)
Valerie Ridgley
Drawing on paper 7 x 7.6in.
“A Wondering View”
Valerie Ridgley
Drawing on paper 8.7 x 7.5in
“The Lady”
Valerie Ridgley
Drawing on paper 5.7 x 4.7in.

6. Elizabeth Murray:
“Bop” 2002-2003
Elizabeth Murray
Oil on canvas, 9ft 10in. x 10ft 10.5in.
“The Lowdown” 2001
Elizabeth Murray
Oil on canvas and wood, 89in x 8ft.2in.
Elizabeth Murray enjoyed drawings of Bop but didn’t like it once it was made up before she painted it however at
the end she had become satisfied. Her use of various and random shapes and objects in her paintings has made
her work popular and intriguing by many. Her paintings reveal ideas, thoughts and alternate views of life. Her
work has gained her many rewards in her career as an artist and her work has been featured in several exhibitions
around the world.

7. I created this drawing in response to an artwork titled “Bop” created by Elizabeth Murray. I chose that artist
because I like her use of random shapes and the random mixing of shapes to create a whole. Bop is not the only
piece I like from her, however, I find it the most interesting out of all the pieces by her on Art21, mainly because
of the colors and a combination of shapes throughout, all attached in various ways to each other but also because
of the medium she used which was oil paint, created first on paper then transitioned to a painting. My idea for
this image was not pre-planned, I simply watched the video several times and carefully just let my hand go
wherever. The colors I used for this actually did take a little more planning and time because I wanted to make
sure the product was balanced and not un-even and luckily for me, this was my first colored copy completed.
“The Unknown.”
Valerie Ridgley
Drawing on paper. 6.8 x 8in.