MARCEL DZAMA
A drawing by Marcel Dzama. Image: sobeyartaward.ca
Marcel Dzama was born and raised in Winnipeg. He made his name as one of the founding members of the Royal Art Lodge, an artist collective formed in 1996 by six students at the University of Manitoba.
The group would collaborate on artworks, each adding his or her own elements.
Although Dzama is now an international sensation, he is still a member of the group. Please visit their website HERE.
Read an article from the New York Times on Dzama HERE.
Dzama is now represented by David Zwirner Gallery in New York. Click HERE for the gallery website.
BRIAN JUNGEN
Brian Jungen is an artist from Vancouver, with Swiss and Dunne-za First Nations roots.
He made his name with a series of sculptures called Prototypes of New Understanding, which were aboriginal masks assembled from parts of Nike Air Jordans.
Brian Jungen, Prototype for New Understanding #16, 2004. Image: makezine.com
He has also exhibited an enormous, whale skeleton made from generic plastic lawn chairs.
Brian Jungen, Shapeshifter, 2000. Image: mocoloco.com
Brian Jungen is represented by Catriona Jeffries Gallery in Vancouver. Please click HERE for the gallery website.
Andrea Carson writes on contemporary art, architecture and design...
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what did you make of this jungen fuk making masks from running shoes? nicely made, but i think that the curator of the vag was smoking crack. “the most exciting work to come around in a long while” . are we so desparate for art gods that we worship unresolved works? “michael jordan is buying one for $30,000″ give me a fukkin break, who cares? jungen says he wanted to make masks from objects of utilty? take a number. what does making objects from objects of utility have to do with making utilitarian objects that have no function, but aesthetic function??? maybe he should have made running shoes from masks, that would make more sense. he could rip off the dutch and make wooden mask shoes or something. (yes this a parody) maybe he should consider making objects from other shit that wal mart makes in china in sweat shops, maybe he could make a whale from lawn chairs that were made in some unregulated plastic factory. oh ya, he did that.
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