Sentences with phrase «sold snow balls»

His performances in the 1980s — for example, when he sold snow balls (minimalist and ephemeral objects) to passers by in the streets of New York — testify to his decision to place himself at the margins, to be absolutely discreet.

He often works with found objects and materials drawn from stereotypical references to African American culture such as chicken wings, dreadlock clippings and Night Train liquor bottles and the outdoors have served as his exhibition space where he has sold snow balls in the street and installed real porcelain urinals on trees.