#recontextualizing

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so my dad got diagnosed with bipolar…

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"Recontextualizing the Found Object" Exhibition

I have just received some images from the exhibition called “Recontextualizing the Found Object" at the Martha Gault Art Gallery, Slippery Rock University in PA. It is so wonderful to see the installation images with other artists’ work. I was pleased to have been a part of the show. Sean Macmillan who was the Juror and the director of the exhibition, wrote “The show was a profound success. We have received great feedback and had a tremendously high turnout." Also he will be able to compile the catalog of the show. That is awesome news! I will be looking forward to having the catalog with all the great pieces. Here are some overview pictures of the installation space.

If you look closely, you can see my art work in the center of the image below. It is inside the vitrine next to the brownish piece. It’s so small. Here is the bigger version.

Here is the participating the artists for the show. 

Emily Watson, Columbus, OH                

Rob Jackson, Athens, GA            

Yong Joo Kim, Providence, RI

Amelia Toelke, Madison, WI               

Tara Philips, Toronto, Canada      

Lisa Johnson, Bloomington, IN

Wesley Harvey, San Antonio, TX           

Ray Ogar, Little Rock AR           

Ronald Gonzalez, Johnson City, NY

Melissa Cameron, Victoria, Australia     

Barbara Knuth, Seattle, WA         

John Whitfill, Lubbock, TX

Renee Zettle-Sterling, Cooperville, MI   

Robly Glover, Lubbock, TX          

Nicole Burns, Lindenwood, NJ

Laura Wood, Greenville, NC               

Chader McDonah, Tempe, AZ          

Abigail Heuss, Greenville, NC

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Re-Contextualizing Well-known Cultural Artifacts vs. Ambiguous Appropriation

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/28/weekinreview/28kennedy.html?_r=0

Is there a difference between re-conceptualizing well-known cultural artifacts and ambiguous appropriation?  Is the later too vague and inconspicuous?  Dishonest?

This conflict remains not far from my mind when using appropriation methods in my own work.  This NY Times article maintains that it is certainly on the mind of many others when Warhol's soup cans are accepted and Helene Hegemann's book is rejected.

Hegemann's book borrows from many other literary artists and writers, including famous individuals as well as bloggers.  Those who were appropriated didn't seem to mind but others are worried this is the beginning of a slippery slope.

With all the information now readily available to anyone surely supports this sort of thing will only increase so maybe it's time to accept it and appreciate it as it won't be going away anytime soon.  From my perspective, the possibility of expanding copyright laws could only harm artists who aim to critique.

Essay/Article Response

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Bunker turned fruit/vegetable storage facility turned rave venue turned home of an art collector. 

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"Mica Moca is a gigantic three building complex, the remnants of an old treasure vault factory. It is open and ripe with possibility. In the main room, personal objects are set up around the room. They are offerings for the public. Each collection has a cell phone number and a sort of aural menu attached to it. The public is being asked to pick up their phones for a free, private concert with the singer of their choice. The singers are housed in various rooms throughout the complex, unseen by their audience. It is an intimate concert for two."