radio shower

[iowasculptor]

This is my latest work, It will be included in the South Carolina Triennial, In Columbia, SC at the state museum. I am one of only 24 artists to be selected to exhibit in this show. It is quite an honor. I will be putting another piece in but it is not complete yet so I will show you it when it is complete. Any comments are appreciated.
enjoy!
matt

[fritchie]

Matt - Nice piece! Does the extension running out of the image actually deliver water? (I hope not, but you never know these days. Maybe beer...)

[rderr.com]

The Belgian Franquin has a character in his comic novels whose name escapes me. He is the quintessential office boy, inventor and prankster. In my favorite sequence you see him at his desk on the phone. He has called The Acme Bath Co. “Do you make home deliveries?” The apparent answer being “Yes” he takes the receiver and holds it over his head and water flows out. With the portable handsets we now have you could take a shower anywhere.

Robert

[JAZ]

The Belgian Franquin has a character in his comic novels whose name escapes me. He is the quintessential office boy, inventor and prankster. In my favorite sequence you see him at his desk on the phone. He has called The Acme Bath Co. “Do you make home deliveries?” The apparent answer being “Yes” he takes the receiver and holds it over his head and water flows out. With the portable handsets we now have you could take a shower anywhere.

Robert

Congratulations, Matt, on getting into the exhibit. what does come out of the input line? music maybe?
JAZ

[iowasculptor]

The hose does deliver water, yes it really works! The idea being that it is an attachment for the ever popular radio flyer wagon. You could take it to work with you to clean up for a hot date or just throw the kids in it after a hard day playing. I will be constructing a box for the radio shower attachment and an advertisement to go with it, adding a marketing/ consumer item awareness to the piece.

[anne (bxl)]

The Belgian Franquin has a character in his comic novels whose name escapes me. He is the quintessential office boy, inventor and prankster. In my favorite sequence you see him at his desk on the phone. He has called The Acme Bath Co. “Do you make home deliveries?” The apparent answer being “Yes” he takes the receiver and holds it over his head and water flows out. With the portable handsets we now have you could take a shower anywhere.

Robert
Gaston Lagaffe (Gaston the boo-boo man) !!!!
BTW, Robert, it just opens a few days ago in Paris (cité des sciences) a major retrospective of Franquin and his characters (Gaston, Melle Jeanne, Spirou, Fantasio and my favorite character in all comics: the marsupilami). et juste pour toi le site officiel en français uniquement: http://www.gastonlagaffe.com

More seriously, Matt, I visited your site and I appreciated the sensitivity of those subtle sculptures with "message". Keep going!

[WBK]

Finally, those of us seriously on the go can take care of personal hygene issues before they annoy others. :D

I love it!

I didn't see a link to your other work. I would love to see it.

Bill

[warren01]

:confused: Just trying to learn a little here, but how do you get paid for it?

Does the gallery pay you for showing?

For me I can not see somebody buying it, where would you put it?

After the exhibit what do you do with it?

The thought behind it is cute.

warren

[iowasculptor]

The point of art is not to make money or to necessarily have someone buy it. I don't feel that making art to cater to a market is really being true to ones self. The art must come from the artist without regard to its ability to sell. A lot of art being made is not necessarily saleable. Andy Goldsworthy, and other time based artists work is not saleable except in documentation form. Wim Delvoye's tatooed pigs, Christo's installations, and work which is priced so high that most people could never think about owning it falls into the relm of art which is not driven by the sale. I would love to sell it but we will see if there is a collector out there who would want it. If not, oh well, I've made a piece that I feel good about and am excited to show, and I think other people will enjoy it and think about it and gain something from experiencing my art, and to me that is what making art is all about. To answer your question, I pay for it, I show it and if someone wanted to buy it I would sell it, but if not, I will put this piece into museum shows and hopefully win some awards. I can enter it into shows for at least 3 years and keep winning money for it. It is more important to make art than to worry about if others will like it or if they will buy it.