ted larsen: re-purposed materials, re-identified meanings, re-contextualized ideas

wood, wax, and stuff:

bar melt, 2009
salvage steel, marine-grade plywood, silicone, rivets, bee's wax, rotating hardware
5 by 5 by 7 inches

mend, 2008
salvage steel, marine-grade plywood, silicone, hardware, bee's wax
7 by 5 by 5 inches
private collection, new york city, new york

molt, 2008
salvage steel, marine-grade plywood, silicone, hardware, bee's wax
7 by 5 by 5 inches
private collection, new york city, new york







constructed objects:


slap, 2007
salvage steel, marine-grade plywood, silicone, vulcanized rubber, hardware
5 by 12 by 3 inches
collection of new mexico museum of art








slipped, 2008
salvage steel, marine-grade plywood, silicone, vulcanized rubber, hardware
7 by 7 by 7 inches








stepped structure, 2011
salvage steel, marine-grade plywood, silicone, vulcanized rubber, hardware
3 by 22 by 3.5 inches







wall flowers:

past is prologue, 2010
salvage steel, mechanical hinge, rivets
12 by 8 by 10 inches
private collection dallas, texas








step a little closer, 2011
23 by 6.5 inches







free standing objects:

lean on me, 2011
valley roll galvanized sheet metal, rivets, enamel paint
60 by 42 by 24 inches

floaty, 2008
salvage steel and annealed wire
23 by 7 by 7 inches
private collection, dallas, texas








volvo, 2008
salvage steel and annealed wire
30 by 48 by 22 inches
collection of edward f. albee foundation

the works i create supply commentary on minimalist belief systems and the ultimate importance of high art practice. an artist's work usually adheres to the construct of a cohesive direction with the work illustrating a single theme or underscoring a didactic agenda. but such a logical order has no specific place in my studio practice.
introducing alternative and salvage materials to my own formally driven abstract sculpture, i hope to bring purist shapes and surfaces back down to earth. i quest for new materials, "non-art materials" to create my work. i am constructing bricolage works in order to re-purpose the materials and re-identify their meanings: to re-contextualize and re-label the idea of ready-mades. it is my on-going experimentation with contexts, hybrids, and scale.
the works keep possession of pleasing formality and visceral elegance while making fun of modernist purity. this is a tribute to anti-triumphalism, the spontaneous, non-hierarchical, un-monumental thematic artistic landscape which offers no specific resolution and no isolation of meaning.
ted larsen, statement

link:
article by elisabeth sussman, whitney museum of american art
ted larsen at ok harris

many thanks to ted larsen for providing the high definition images for this post!
ted lives and works in santa fe, new mexico

website: tedlarsen.com

jesper norda: the centre of silence (2009)

materials: voice (interleaved by silence, sinuswave and white noise). white filter on window.
this piece was comissioned by kalmar konstmuseum. a solo exhibition in the main hall that would contain sound only. a man is speaking about the room, the measurements of the room, the amount of air molecules, the weight of the air. the voice describes how the air molecules behave differently when exposed to different kind of soundwaves. he speaks about the intense air pressure in the room, the intense air pressure in the cranium of the listener and the balance between those two spaces:
the state we call silence.

re-posted from everyday listening

jespernorda.com

sang jun yoo: my eyes, your eyes

my eyes, your eyes
interactive installation KHM rundgang 2011 cologne, germany

my eyes, your eyes: statement

many thanks to sang jun yoo for providing the images and video for this post!

website: startinmylife.net

sang jun yoo: zeitgleich

many thanks to sang jun yoo for providing the images for this post!

website: startinmylife.net

julika müller: seezeichen

seezeichen (sea markers)
a jewelry series inspired by decadent marine wreckage, created by julika müller, goldsmith / jewelry designer from berlin

























































































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all content copyright © julika müller all rights reserved
website: julika müller

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james welling: philip johnson's glass house

in the 1980s, james welling's photographic work became identified with "the pictures generation," and in the 1990s, he exhibited and worked extensively in europe. for many years, welling has worked at the intersection of photography and photographic technology. his recent photographs investigate architecture and color. welling's "glass house" was published in february 2011. he is a professor and area head of photography in the ucla department of art.

all photos copyright © james welling all rights reserved
images via:
joshuaabelow
big-id.blog
arttattler
philipjohnsonglasshouse
pinkmemo
we find wildness
petercombe
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