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  • Počet strán: 128
  • Väzba: tvrdá
  • EAN: 9783899553796
  • Jazyk: anglický
  • ISBN: 9783899553796

Spontaneous Sculptures

Brad Downey

In cities, where does public space stop and privacy begin? Which experiences are purely personal and which ones are driven by commercially motivated impulses? Can we see the city and ourselves for what they actually are amidst the vast array of signs
and images clamoring for our attention? The American artist Brad Downey tackles these and other structural, social, and political questions in his work. With the element of surprise firmly on his side, he creates powerful interventions that disrupt
the routine of our visual perception. A shopping cart becomes a sculpture, a telephone booth is filled with balloons, and a stop sign is turned upside down. Using elements from film, sculpture, painting, and drawing, Downey creates remarkable work ra
nging from the spectacular and headline-making to the small, delicate, and almost hidden. Downey s interventions in the cityscape can be spontaneous, subtle, and fleeting it is precisely the way they interact with their surroundings that make them so
effective. Some exist for barely half an hour before they are corrected again; others integrate themselves into the urban landscape and become a permanent work of art in the process. Downey s art discourages quick glances and celebrates the double t
ake. It encourages the viewer to take a hard look and refreshes the powers of discrimination that so often become jaded in the visual Babylon of our times. For exclusive previews inside and excerpts from this book, go to www.gestalten.com
  • Počet strán: 128
  • Väzba: tvrdá
  • EAN: 9783899553796
  • Jazyk: English
  • ISBN: 9783899553796

In cities, where does public space stop and privacy begin? Which experiences are purely personal and which ones are driven by commercially motivated impulses? Can we see the city and ourselves for what they actually are amidst the vast array of signs
and images clamoring for our attention? The American artist Brad Downey tackles these and other structural, social, and political questions in his work. With the element of surprise firmly on his side, he creates powerful interventions that disrupt
the routine of our visual perception. A shopping cart becomes a sculpture, a telephone booth is filled with balloons, and a stop sign is turned upside down. Using elements from film, sculpture, painting, and drawing, Downey creates remarkable work ra
nging from the spectacular and headline-making to the small, delicate, and almost hidden. Downey s interventions in the cityscape can be spontaneous, subtle, and fleeting it is precisely the way they interact with their surroundings that make them so
effective. Some exist for barely half an hour before they are corrected again; others integrate themselves into the urban landscape and become a permanent work of art in the process. Downey s art discourages quick glances and celebrates the double t
ake. It encourages the viewer to take a hard look and refreshes the powers of discrimination that so often become jaded in the visual Babylon of our times. For exclusive previews inside and excerpts from this book, go to www.gestalten.com

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