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Monthly Archives: July 2009
Towers of Babel Speaks the Language of Money
Chris Burden‘s the ” What My Dad Gave Me” mock skyscraper at the Rockefeller Center is in the same genre as Electric Fountain in that its purpose is ambiguous and serves as reminder of the isolation and disconnect in much … Continue reading
Fountain of Wealth
”Electric Fountain” was presented by the Art Production Fund in cooperation with Deitch Projects and showcased the work of Tim Noble and Sue Webster in front of the Rockefeller Center in New York. Fountain required 3390 LED bulbs, 527 meters … Continue reading
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Tagged Art Production Fund, Deitch Projects, Electric Fountain, Mark Jenkins, Sue Webster, Tim Noble
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Art and The Wild Ones
Some art projects are just too difficult to produce and realize. The Art Production Fund in New York is a non-profit organization known for their assistance in realizing contemporary art presentations that often require innovative production strategies. Art Production Fund … Continue reading
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Tagged Aaaron Young, Art Production Fund, Greeting Card, Mark Jenkins
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Toys Art Us ( Part B )
In the work of David Levinthal, toys and dolls are often confused with the real and live. This causes audience consternation through a grey zone of ambiguity between the artificial and the real. His work seems obvious, which it fulfills … Continue reading
Toys Art Us ( Part A )
”Ever since I began working with toys, I have been intrigued with the idea that these seemingly benign objects could take on such incredible power and personality by the way they were photographed. I began to realize that by carefully … Continue reading
Origami of the Human Jungle
Book art photographer Thomas Allen has created pop art from recycled pulp novels of the 40′s-60′s period. The work involves cutting figures from vintage publications and then folding them up and out of the cover. The juxtaposition of the images … Continue reading
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Tagged Book Art photography, collage art, Mark Jenkins, Thomas Allen
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Clever Structural Critiques ( part b )
In (part A) we saw some of what Michael Elmgreen and Ingar Dragset have been doing artistically to shake and shape the customary meanings we associate with spatial relationships. Their intention is to create room for new and different interpretations … Continue reading
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Tagged Drama Queens, Ingar Dragset, Mark Jenkins, Michael Elmgreen, Prada Marfa, The Collectors, Welfare Show
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Structural Critique and Playful Deception ( part a )
Michael Elmgreen and Ingar Dragset are Berlin based artists specializing in land-art works and installations. They have treated nature as part of a cultural iconography and part of a socio-economic capitalist system in the Western world. Its a form of … Continue reading
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