Thursday, October 18, 2012

REAL ESTATE SIGN / REDONE!

I like to play with the property around my house. some of it is mine, and some of it is not. I live in a very public place. I try to make it entertaining and also call into question the meaning of public and private space. my friend stan woodard is running for president. . .well, not really. he has made an art opera where he acts as if he is running for president. he left me a campaign sign, which I was happy to put up at my corner of the world. one day, a real estate agent placed an open house sign with a lovely blue balloon attached to it. I couldn't resist and spray painted it into an artwork. . . of course, this kind of opens up a whole new body of work. . .we'll see where it goes. perhaps in the future, instead of playing with text, I can just use the signs, vinyl starbursts and balloons and make them into colorful displays. it would be interesting how they would feel without the words to sell the product. . .