Brian Jungen uses common, mass-produced objects to make powerful sculpture. Currently on view at The National Museum of the American Indian in DC: totem poles made of golf bags, golf balls and painted golf tees; a whale skeleton from reassembled plastic chairs, and Northwest Coast-style masks out of Nike Air Jordan basketball sneakers.
Brian Jungen's art work will be exhibited at The National Museum of the American Indian until August 8, 2010.
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His art is really powerful in person. You can't really tell from the photos, but it's shiver-inducing.
I agree with Lisa. If you have the opportunity to see his works in a gallery/museum space, it's well worth it. Very strong work.
looks like he went out and bought brand spankin new golfbags for those totem poles. when i see 'repurposed' i think of things that were at least used for their original purpose once - this seems wasteful
saw his work in vancouver at the city's contemporary museum--really amazing & awe-inspiring. the whale, made out of plastic lawn chairs, as lisa (montreal) says above, is shiver-inducing.
cblis, it's art, not repurposed home design. The artist certainly wouldn't call this "repurposed;" think Marcel Duchamp. And how is it wasting if it's art? These are never going to end up in a landfill somewhere...