Some might consider Mathsy's latest "The Life and Times of a Zebra" to be derivative of Joseph Beuys' 1974 work "I Like America and America Likes Me". But here, could it be that Mathsy is challenging the viewer to consider the use of space, similar to Bruce Hauman. Or perhaps the viewer is being driven to wonder if Andy Warhol would eat a hamburger with either participant. Could this scene resolve in the manner of Yukio Mishimi's ultimate work? If this is reflective of Mathsy's other works like "Ah, POCCRI", then maybe the real question is why are there no answers.
Inefício MP 9002 (Sculpture. Plastic, metal, spit, glue.)
Is a simulacrum of a copier a copier? What is being? In this sculpture Mathsy asks the same questions that have consumed existentialists for years. Since this copier is clearly not a being-for-persons, could it be a being-of-persons or a being-in-itself? Would Sartre claim the copier exhibits "bad faith"? Would Camus categorize attempts to use the copier as "absurd"? Is there a difference between nothingness and no-thing-ness? Does it all even matter?
Is a simulacrum of a copier a copier? What is being? In this sculpture Mathsy asks the same questions that have consumed existentialists for years. Since this copier is clearly not a being-for-persons, could it be a being-of-persons or a being-in-itself? Would Sartre claim the copier exhibits "bad faith"? Would Camus categorize attempts to use the copier as "absurd"? Is there a difference between nothingness and no-thing-ness? Does it all even matter?
Interim Dean (Portrait. Paper, imagination, despair.)
To paraphrase New York Times art critic Roberta Smith concerning Robert Ryman: "Is this a dean?' 'Is that a dean?" This could be interpreted as the main credo of this admin. Since Kazimir Malevich debuted his "Suprematist Composition: White on White", people have been challenged to see into the white void.
Do you see something there? Is it a polar bear caught in a snowstorm? Or perhaps a President's Council Meeting or local Math Department. Maybe it's the emptiest of empty suits.
Or is this just a "cheap swindle", as some characterized Robert Rauschenbuerg's "White Paintings" of 1951?
Well, now you can just buy one, and find out for yourself!!!
But here you wouldn't have to shell out the $15 million paid for Robert Ryman's "Untitled".
Instead, you can enjoy all the blankness and emptiness of "Interim Dean" for only $16,000 a month.
(Copies are also available from the "Interim Dean" Giftshop for only $16,000 a month.)
To paraphrase New York Times art critic Roberta Smith concerning Robert Ryman: "Is this a dean?' 'Is that a dean?" This could be interpreted as the main credo of this admin. Since Kazimir Malevich debuted his "Suprematist Composition: White on White", people have been challenged to see into the white void.
Do you see something there? Is it a polar bear caught in a snowstorm? Or perhaps a President's Council Meeting or local Math Department. Maybe it's the emptiest of empty suits.
Or is this just a "cheap swindle", as some characterized Robert Rauschenbuerg's "White Paintings" of 1951?
Well, now you can just buy one, and find out for yourself!!!
But here you wouldn't have to shell out the $15 million paid for Robert Ryman's "Untitled".
Instead, you can enjoy all the blankness and emptiness of "Interim Dean" for only $16,000 a month.
(Copies are also available from the "Interim Dean" Giftshop for only $16,000 a month.)