CELESTE J. DISCUSSES RYAN TRECARTIN
ARTFORUM, JANUARY 2006, PAGE 188 ONWARD...
This article was an exception to the beginning of my previous post, it was quite interesting and long, pictures etc (text still too little). It discussed video works by Ryan Trecartin, the images of which looked incredibly tacky / psychadelic / intersting / bright and shiney (last one is the cherry on the cake). However, he also makes very bizarre sculptures. Very childlike, the remind me of outsider art, I think the new trend in art might be appearing to be but not being outsider art (aka 'naff' etc). Some of his sculptures:
Vicky Veterinarian, 2006, mixed media
Abraham with the long arm, 2006, mixed media
Shots from the video discussed in ARTFORUM, A Family Finds Entertainment, 2004...
From http://www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk/artists/ryan_trecartin.htm:
"Ryan Trecartin’s film A Family Finds Entertainment is a camp extravaganza of epic proportions. Starring Trecartin’s family and friends, and the artist himself in a plethora of outrageous roles, A Family Finds Entertainment chronicles the story of mixed up teenager Skippy and his adventures in ‘coming out’. In this over the top celebration of queerness, Trecartin’s film mines the bizarre and endearing in an unabashed pastiche of ‘bad tv’ tropes. Cheesy video special effects, dress-up chess costumes, desperate scripts, and ‘after school special’ melodrama combine in the fluency of youth-culture lingo, reflecting a generation both damaged and affirmed by media consumption."
THE END.
This article was an exception to the beginning of my previous post, it was quite interesting and long, pictures etc (text still too little). It discussed video works by Ryan Trecartin, the images of which looked incredibly tacky / psychadelic / intersting / bright and shiney (last one is the cherry on the cake). However, he also makes very bizarre sculptures. Very childlike, the remind me of outsider art, I think the new trend in art might be appearing to be but not being outsider art (aka 'naff' etc). Some of his sculptures:
Vicky Veterinarian, 2006, mixed media
Abraham with the long arm, 2006, mixed media
Shots from the video discussed in ARTFORUM, A Family Finds Entertainment, 2004...
From http://www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk/artists/ryan_trecartin.htm:
"Ryan Trecartin’s film A Family Finds Entertainment is a camp extravaganza of epic proportions. Starring Trecartin’s family and friends, and the artist himself in a plethora of outrageous roles, A Family Finds Entertainment chronicles the story of mixed up teenager Skippy and his adventures in ‘coming out’. In this over the top celebration of queerness, Trecartin’s film mines the bizarre and endearing in an unabashed pastiche of ‘bad tv’ tropes. Cheesy video special effects, dress-up chess costumes, desperate scripts, and ‘after school special’ melodrama combine in the fluency of youth-culture lingo, reflecting a generation both damaged and affirmed by media consumption."
THE END.
posted by Polly Dance at 10:03 AM
1 Comments:
hey cool, i did a journal job on this film/guy in foundation.
looks really interesting and i love how he was discovered.
did you read that bit.
x ray
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