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News & ArtsMonday, November 30, 2009
Visual Art Currently Hanging: The Ad for Chris Jordan's Show
Posted by Jen Graves on Mon, Nov 30, 2009 at 1:32 PM
All those images Chris Jordan has made and all you can come up is this bank ad, Pacific Science Center?
- Billboard at Denny and Eastlake
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Wow, that's really missing an opportunity, isn't it? Looking at that ad, you wouldn't know they were even photographs -- or even images at all.
I have to say I like his earlier, actual photography a lot better than his overtly political manipulated images he's doing now. The giant sawdust piles and containers were beautiful and real. Photoshopped cigarette butts, not as much.
I have to say I like his earlier, actual photography a lot better than his overtly political manipulated images he's doing now. The giant sawdust piles and containers were beautiful and real. Photoshopped cigarette butts, not as much.
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It would have been cool to get a bunch of billboards and fill each one with one of his images, with no text, or maybe just the website, and let everyone figure out what it is.
That being said, I do think the science center is a good venue for his current work, as opposed to, say, a gallery or museum.
That being said, I do think the science center is a good venue for his current work, as opposed to, say, a gallery or museum.
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If they really believe the headline, I like the execution. Simple, clean, to the point.
If his work isn't likely to change the way most people see the world, then it's just another misleading ad.
If his work isn't likely to change the way most people see the world, then it's just another misleading ad.
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It does sort of encapsulate the problem with talking about art in general, doesn't it? If there was a simple, one-phrase way to sum up what his work was doing, why would the work be necessary in the first place?
I saw the exhibit and loved it.
I saw the exhibit and loved it.
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Maybe he didn't giver permission to use his images on billboards ... maybe you should dial the phone and ask. Lazy.
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@8 your comment about encapsulating art in a statement reminded me of this guy Patrick Mimran who puts up irritating statements on billboards in Chelsea and elsewhere.
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It's a great show, I was glad to have the chance to see this work in person. I'd also like to see his "Midway" photographs.
http://www.chrisjordan.com/current_set2.…
http://www.chrisjordan.com/current_set2.…
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@11 Didn't he originally (5 or 6 yrs. ago) just post quotes without his name in big bold red letter, or was that someone else?
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His Midway work is so much more thought-provoking than anything I saw at the Science Center exhibit. His manipulated images seemed more like a conceptual school exercise to me than a collection of strong works that merit exhibition as a solo show.
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...although I suppose that is why they are on display at the Science Center? It seems like it is being presented as educational first and art second.
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