JK Keller Works from Tantamount, and Insecurity Envelopes, and A Fictitious Argument Emerges Between Coriolis & Beaufort Work from his massive and thouroughly engaging website. Keller’s work is a collection of pieces interventions into reality that serve to recontextualize objects, images, and media. Also see his blog. Tantamount: “Photographs of mountains are computationally altered to flatten […]
Archives for the ‘humor’ Category
Mayumi Lake
Sunday, 19 April 2009
Mayumi Lake Work from Poo-Chi. Poo-Chi is a deceptive and hilarious body of work that seemed like the perfect Sunday post. Enjoy. “The images in this book are not what they at first appear to be. Look again, and closely. Mayumi Lake’s series of color photographs focuses on the wakinoshita, presenting this often neglected […]
Arthur Hash
Saturday, 18 April 2009
Arthur Hash Work from no particularly named body of work, but a sampling of Hash’s oeuvre all conceptually related to ideas of material, design, and adornment. Much of his work involves humor, process (including DIY pieces), and the recontextualization of materials through their presentation as jewelry. Hash also maintains a blog with regular updates […]
Hyungkoo Lee
Wednesday, 15 April 2009
Hyungkoo Lee Work from Animatus. ____________________ WHAT’S UP DOC?:LEE HYUNGKOO AND THE ORIGIN OF THE SPECIES Howard Rutkowski The Punch Line A black room frames the installation, which is dramatically spot-lit. A presentation of two skeletons, not unlike what one might see in a museum of natural history; a predator chasing its prey. Then the dawning – it’s […]
Helmut Smits
Tuesday, 31 March 2009
Helmut Smits Work from: Dead Pixel in Google Earth, Parking for White Cars Only, FLAMMA and Skirting Board Sunset. I urge you to check out his entire public works section, all of the pieces are smart and compelling. “I believe that every situation, thought or object carries a good work of art in itself. I […]
Koheis Yoshiyuki
Monday, 30 March 2009
Koheis Yoshiyuki Work from The Park (1971-1979). The work is not new at all, but it really is great and I wanted to put it up today. If you haven’t seen these yet, you have been missing out. Great write-up from Philip Gefter at the New York Times. “WHY are the Japanese couples in Kohei […]
Industry of the Ordinary
Wednesday, 25 March 2009
Industry of the Ordinary Work from the projects Industry of the Ordinary is the collaborative performance art/sculpture team of Adam Brooks and Mathew Wilson. Their manifesto is: “Through sculpture, text, photography, video, sound and performance Industry of the Ordinary are dedicated to an exploration and celebration of the customary, the everyday, and the usual. Their […]
Isabelle Krieg
Saturday, 14 March 2009
Isabelle Krieg Work curently showing at Substitut-Berlin if you are in Berlin, go to this show. There is a great range of work, and some fantastic artists’ books on sale.
Sebastian Errazuriz
Saturday, 28 February 2009
Sebastian Errazuriz Works from The Cow, The Tree, and the (Duchamp inspired) Limited Editions. Statements are provided on the website. Sculpture / Installation Art.
Packard Jennings
Thursday, 19 February 2009
Packard Jennings amuses me. He has collaborated with Steve Lambert and his work was also included in the Shopdropping exhibition from the previous post. Here’s some pages from a “Welcome to Geneva” pamphlet produced to put in random public locations in Geneva, Switzerland: Packard manufactured a Mussolini Action Figure, which he shopdropped at Wal-Mart, and then […]