Professor James Leedy former chair of the Kansas City Art Institute Sculpture Department. The studio included a foundry.

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The Way of Modern Man installation and performance piece by Jana Cruder is a multi-faceted exploration into the interconnectedness between technology, communication, physiology and the human experience. Comprised of 30 minute performance sessions, that culminate in a photography exhibition.
The Way of Modern Man illustrates how smartphone culture is literally changing what it means to be human.

Interview at the LA ART SHOW with Artist Jana Cruder and Do Art Foundation Director Carmen Zella

The 2016 edition of the Los Angeles Art Show opened at the LA Convention Center on January 27.  This year’s show is split into two sections in side-by-side exhibition halls.  One devoted to modern and contemporary art and the other devoted to historic art and traditional contemporary art.

Covering over 200,000 square feet of exhibition space the show includes works from 120 art galleries from 22 countries.  Building on the interest in the US and Europe in contemporary art from the Far East, the Show includes a large number of galleries from China, Korea, and Japan.

In addition to commercial galleries, the Show includes displays from schools, collectives, and other art non-profits, giving the visitor a broad look at the contemporary art scene.

Two works that show the breadth of art on display are the hyper realistic sculpture of Frida Kahlo by Kazuhiro Tsuji and the installation by Jana Cruder entitled  “The Way of The Modern Man” presented by the Do Art Foundation.

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The Way of Modern Man is divided into two parts. The first begins in an isolation booth, where participants spend 30 minutes increments in a private session with the artist. The participant is alone in a confined, featureless space, furnished only with a single chair, and permitted to enter only with his or her mobile device. Communication between the subject and the artist takes place exclusively via text message, with Cruder outside the enclosure, not visible or audible to the subject. Conversations are captured  in multiple layers – text message, still image, and video. Clothes are all or mostly removed, allowing for better study of postural changes. It is, however, worth noting that the people soon forget they are nude – evidence perhaps of how absorbed they are in texting with the artist. Cruder collaborated with a sociologist to produce questions that she could control for, adopting a more scientific methodology to measure emotions and physicality against each other.

Frida Kahlo by Kazuhiro Tsuji


About the artist: Los Angles based artist Jana Cruder uses the mediums of photography, film and installation art to craft experiences communicating her message which she then documents. Cruder was born 1981, raised in the rural town of Greensburg, PA. She received her fine art degree from Rochester Institute of Technology and continues to merge art and science exploring the influences and shaping of roles humans assume in their relationships to technology the environment and each other.

About Do Art:  Do Art is a Los Angeles based public art organization focused on the creation, commissioning, and curating of artistic pieces and productions in the public realm. Recognizing art's undeniable power as a source of inspiration, and invigoration, Do Art designs and develops projects that revitalize and dynamize both physical and social landscapes by creating experiences, catalyzing cultural exchanges, connecting communities, and engaging the public's imagination.As a vehicle for cultural, social, and civic development, Do Art liaises between artists, community members, civic leaders, urban developers, local businesses, and public spaces to enhance, enliven, and enrichurban spaces throughout Southern California and beyond.