Modern Archaeology
Mark Dion Mark Dion is an explorer, naturalist, archaeologist, botanist, historian, and artist all rolled into one. His recent art actions and museum installations have focused on archaeological digs...
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ANT FARM (Chip Lord, Hudson Marquez, Doug Michels) Build in 1974, Cadillac Ranch was made up of ten Cadillacs, ranging from a 1949 Club Coupe to a 1963 Sedan, buried fin-up in a wheat field in Texas....
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Maarten Vanden Eynde Genetologic Research nr.22; 60937 Ikea-era, 2005 A.D., Rome, Italy Genetologic Research nr.23; 50075026 Ikea-era, 2005 A.D., Rome, Italy
View ArticleStonehenge the Sequel
Jim Reinders Carhenge, 1987 “Carhenge, which replicates Stonehenge, consists of the circle of cars, 3 standing trilithons within the circle, the heel stone, slaughter stone, and 2 station stones, and...
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Tony Cragg Stack, 1975 Many of Cragg’s early works are made from found materials and discarded construction materials and disposed household materials. This gave him a large range of mainly man-made...
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Tim Noble & Sue Webster Real Life Is Rubbish, 2002 Tim Noble and Sue Webster. Partners in both life and art, Tim Noble (1966) and Sue Webster (1967) explore the toxic influences of consumer culture...
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Pascal Rostain and Bruno Mouron Hollywood’s trash and treasure, 2004 Ronald Reagan Written by John Preston – Telegraph Magazine – In 1988, French photographer Pascal Rostain had an idea. Or, to be...
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Christopher Locke Modern Fossil – Asportatio Acroamatis, 2009 (commonly referred to as the Cassette Tape) ‘These Modern Fossils are made from actual archaic technology that was once cutting-edge. Most...
View ArticleToday is the Tomorrow of Yesterday
Pierre Bismuth Today is the Tomorrow of Yesterday-Relaps, 2008 In Today Is The Tomorrow of Yesterday celebrity magazine covers are treated as precious fragments from a long lost civilization. The...
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Leonid Tsvetkov grabs recyclable materials out of dumpsters and trash bins—plastic bottles, Styrofoam take-out packages, cardboard egg cartoons, soda cans and more—puts them in concrete casts, and then...
View ArticleToday is the Tomorrow of Yesterday
Pierre Bismuth Today is the Tomorrow of Yesterday-Relaps, 2008 In Today Is The Tomorrow of Yesterday celebrity magazine covers are treated as precious fragments from a long lost civilization. The...
View ArticleTrash Antiquity
Leonid Tsvetkov grabs recyclable materials out of dumpsters and trash bins—plastic bottles, Styrofoam take-out packages, cardboard egg cartoons, soda cans and more—puts them in concrete casts, and then...
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