Art Review - Brian Jungen
Chester Krupa-Carbone
500652158
RTA 322
Lila Pine
"I experiment until I can find a way I can manipulate them [the source material] or take advantage of their iconography, without completely changing them. I like the fact that people can still recognize what the source material is." - Brian Jungen
Brian Jungen is a canadian artist from British Columbia with Swiss and Dunne-za First Nations ancestry. (Wikipedia) He was born in 1970 in British Columbia just north of Fort St. John on a family farm. In 1988, Jungen moved to Vancouver where he earned a Diploma of Visual Art from the Emily Carr Institute of Art. After moving around New York and Montreal, Jungen returned to Vancouver to refocus on his …show more content…
Found art originates from the french and is art that is created from objects and products that are not usually considered art. (Wikipedia) An example of this is Marcel Duchamp's Fountain where a normal urinal was taken, signed and then turned into a piece of art. Although Found Art is presenting an object as-is, Jungen reworks and reinterprets the objects into a new artwork with a new meaning. Jungen considers his work a "return to the use of whatever a Native American artist has at his disposal." (Gambino) Jungen used to watch his relatives recycle different items which allowed them to be used to their full extent. He said this is where the ideas of making the art he makes …show more content…
With Prototypes for New Understandings #6, Jungen bridge the gap from indigenous and mass cultures by taking Nike Air Jordans and reworking them into aboriginal masks. (Gambino) The shoes were red, black and white which were the traditional colours of the Haida and indigenous people of the Pacific Northwest coast. (Gambino) This nike shoe was designed by Michael Jordan himself and only became a sensation when owners were getting robbed and the demand for the shoe increased. The NBA then banned the shoe and Jordan was charged $5000 every time he wore them on the court. (Gambino) Jungen has only created 23 Prototypes matching the number that Jordan wore on his jersey. When the series was named Prototypes for New Understanding, it was an attempt to see the globalized world in a different perspective in order to further comprehend our history and our current circumstances. (Gambino) This series also included six tall sculptures that were made to resemble totem poles. These poles were constructed from golf bags ranging in colours from red, blue, black, yellow and grey that were torn apart and re-sewn. These six poles each represent a year (1960, 1970, 1980, 1990, 2000, 2010) and together recount a half-century of British Columbian and Canadian History. (Smith) Jungen was able to take inspirations from his Dunne-za First Nations ancestry and from the consumer market that he
Chester Krupa-Carbone
500652158
RTA 322
Lila Pine
"I experiment until I can find a way I can manipulate them [the source material] or take advantage of their iconography, without completely changing them. I like the fact that people can still recognize what the source material is." - Brian Jungen
Brian Jungen is a canadian artist from British Columbia with Swiss and Dunne-za First Nations ancestry. (Wikipedia) He was born in 1970 in British Columbia just north of Fort St. John on a family farm. In 1988, Jungen moved to Vancouver where he earned a Diploma of Visual Art from the Emily Carr Institute of Art. After moving around New York and Montreal, Jungen returned to Vancouver to refocus on his …show more content…
Found art originates from the french and is art that is created from objects and products that are not usually considered art. (Wikipedia) An example of this is Marcel Duchamp's Fountain where a normal urinal was taken, signed and then turned into a piece of art. Although Found Art is presenting an object as-is, Jungen reworks and reinterprets the objects into a new artwork with a new meaning. Jungen considers his work a "return to the use of whatever a Native American artist has at his disposal." (Gambino) Jungen used to watch his relatives recycle different items which allowed them to be used to their full extent. He said this is where the ideas of making the art he makes …show more content…
With Prototypes for New Understandings #6, Jungen bridge the gap from indigenous and mass cultures by taking Nike Air Jordans and reworking them into aboriginal masks. (Gambino) The shoes were red, black and white which were the traditional colours of the Haida and indigenous people of the Pacific Northwest coast. (Gambino) This nike shoe was designed by Michael Jordan himself and only became a sensation when owners were getting robbed and the demand for the shoe increased. The NBA then banned the shoe and Jordan was charged $5000 every time he wore them on the court. (Gambino) Jungen has only created 23 Prototypes matching the number that Jordan wore on his jersey. When the series was named Prototypes for New Understanding, it was an attempt to see the globalized world in a different perspective in order to further comprehend our history and our current circumstances. (Gambino) This series also included six tall sculptures that were made to resemble totem poles. These poles were constructed from golf bags ranging in colours from red, blue, black, yellow and grey that were torn apart and re-sewn. These six poles each represent a year (1960, 1970, 1980, 1990, 2000, 2010) and together recount a half-century of British Columbian and Canadian History. (Smith) Jungen was able to take inspirations from his Dunne-za First Nations ancestry and from the consumer market that he