Richard Tuttle: Reality & Illusion | Art21 "Extended Play"

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: www.art21.org/artists/richard-...
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.
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[@onart4602]

I am amazed at what this guy tries to "pull over" on the art public!

[@robertquay7188]

As an artist you must retain a certain child within to remain and full of discovery and curiosity .Mr. Tuttle does this very well. Clearly, he is without pretense, too.

[@jamobee6178]

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!

[@sharonpeters2262]

Yes I feel he is the real deal too. He's one of the lucky ones to know what he knows, validate it and move on IMO.
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[@ameerahbigo80]

totally agree

[@samiamdp]

We shot this in the three hour period. I am glad to see it holds up.

[@amypotenger]

'Yuck yuck fun'

[@czmma]

1:06 - so beautiful. The real looks like an illusion. The illusion is actually real...

[@samiamdp]

Hey who shot this? Its fabulous.

[@Alfaflow]

good old king tut

[@RonSchira]

only Tuttle

[@HenhousetheRed]

tuttle is a madman, but he will be in all the future art history books

[@RichardCorral]

Damn hippie

[@ivanmayen3636]

So!!¡¡¡ Wath??, art??

[@chanklachester]

"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.

[@missinglink9973]

Nah

[@lyndafbraun]

self important ...get over it T.