Hunt
down everyday objects that are attractive enough that you don't have to hide them.
Not exact matches
Previous solo and group exhibitions include: Situations, You Space and Extra Space, Shenzhen (2018); Documenta 14, Athens and Kassel (2017); Shut Up and Paint, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne (2016); Cher (e) s Ami (e) s, Centre Pompidou, Paris (2016); The Same Old Fucking Story, Rodeo, London (2016); Tightrope Walk: Painted Images After Abstraction, White Cube, London (2015); Unrealism, The Moore Building, Miami (2015); Burning
Down the House, 10th Gwangju Biennale, Gwangju (2014); This is Not my Beautiful House, Kunsthalle Athena, Athens (2014);
Everyday a Stage, Rodeo, Istanbul (2014); System of
Objects, DESTE Foundation, Athens (2013); Apostolos Georgiou.
For Davis, every
object played an important role in perceiving the modern world, right
down to the eggbeaters, gas pumps, matchbooks, and billboards used and seen in
everyday life.
Consciously employing commonly used artistic techniques, such as trompe l'oeil, action painting, graphic design, screen printing, and rudimentary drawing, Josh Reames» paintings break
down hierarchies of mark - making, art historical references, computer graphics, labels, and
everyday objects in a manner drawn from the non-objective «infinite scroll» of images and information we encounter in both the online and real world.
His past works give some indication of just how far he is willing to stretch the definition of sculpture in order to reshape the contours of our world: he has grafted human obesity onto
everyday objects to create a series of «fat» cars and houses; asked passerby to lift their skirts, take off their trousers, lie on beds of fruit or stick pencils in their noses and ears to make «one - minute sculptures»; carried the curator of a museum around in his arms in a piece entitled «Be Nice to Your Curator»; and created houses that are fat, narrow, upside -
down, drunk or inclined to attack other buildings.
Gary Kachadourian primarily makes graphite and ink drawings of
everyday places and
objects which he then either scales
down or up often creating room sized installations of forests, homes, vacant lots and even chicken bones.
Marcel Duchamp, French artist who broke
down the boundaries between works of art and
everyday objects.