molotov nyu law - nov 2013
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Freddy Alborta, Che Guevera’s Death, 1967
Giovanni Antonio Bazzi “il Sodoma”: Lamentation Over the Dead Christ (1503)
The feedback loop between
vernacular objects and art….
In the 1900s, Picasso produced extraordinary collages that incorporated "found" newspaper images.
John Heartfield (1891-1968). A Communist German, he montaged appropriated Nazi symbols to subvert and undermine their power as propaganda.
“Adolph, the Superman: Swallows Gold and Spouts Junk.” 1932Photomontage
Andy Warhol:
Red Race Riot (1963)
Silk screen, paint on canvas.
Thomas Ruff: jpeg ny02 (2004) 8 ft. 10 in. x 11 ft. 11 3/8 in
Interview, Greater Boston Arts TV series and website: Artists & Violence (2002)
“I’m nuts on images. I cut them out of books and newspapers, mostly books and magazines. And this is absolutely crucial to me, because this is one of the ways I tap into the world.
Public domain:
declassified military documents
Kosovo: Gun camera imagery (Mpeg)
Television: Night vision / Tracer fire : The First Gulf War (CNN)
Eject (1999). Oil on canvas. 38 x 62 inches.
Flame-out (1999). Oil on canvas. 15 x 18 inches.
Crash (1999). Oil on canvas. 44 x 84 inches.
Contrails (1999). Oil on canvas. 44 x 84 inches
Ex Trails (2000). Oil on canvas. 60 x 78 inches.
Night Vision (2000). Oil on canvas. 26 x 32 inches.
Cluster (2000). Oil on canvas. 60 x 78 inches.
Kill Box (2001). Oil on canvas. 38 x 48 inches.
Rocket Science. (2001) 28 x 38 inches. Oil on canvas.
Direct Hit 1 (2002) 38 x 48 inches. Oil on canvas
Signal (2002) 35 x 40 inches. Oil on canvas
Source Material
• Science + technoscience photography• US Government + military archives• News photos; photojournalism (mass media)• Influences/direct references to other art works
The Media Narrative
“I see the world because it comes to me through media. Through film, through newspapers. Through TV.”
-- Leon Golub
De-familiarization
Untitled (Abdulaziz Alomari) (2001) 15 x 10 inches. Oil on canvas
News Anchor (Kabul) (2002) 26 x 32 inches. Oil on canvas
Jog. 2003. 26 x 46 inches. Oil/canvas
Leap. (2003) 54 x 60 inches. Oil on canvas.
Stones. (2003) 60 x 78 inches. Oil on canvas.
Air Strip. (2003) 44 x 84 inches. Oil on canvas.
Molotov (2003) 70 x 60 inches. Oil on canvas
Guardian Angel. (2003) 30 x 35 inches. Oil on canvas.
Emo. (2003) 78 x 60 inches. Oil on canvas.
Riot. (2004) 35 x 30 inches. Oil on canvas.
Stones (2) (2004) 38 x 30 inches. Oil on canvas
Paris Riots (3) 2005. 11 x 14 inches. Oil on canvas
Paris Riots (6) 2005. 15 x 20 inches. Oil on canvas.
Flood 2 (2005) 26 x 46 inches. Oil on canvas.
Plume 2 (2005) 26 x 46 inches. Oil on canvas
Flood 5 (2006) 54 x 60 inches. oil/canvas.
Night Vision, Baghdad (2006) 38 x 44 inches, Oil/canvas
Road. (2007) 35 x 38 inches. oil on canvas
Noon. (2007) 56 x 60 inches. Oil on canvas.
Oil. (2008) 38 x 44 inches. Oil on canvas
Yellow Smoke. (2009). Oil on canvas. 26 x 30 inches.
Explosion, Yellow & White (2009)Oil on canvas. 32 x 26 inches
Crash. (2009) 38 x 48 inches. Oil on canvas
“Riot”
a solo show at Debs & Co. in the spring of 2004…
Molotov (2003) 70 x 60 inches. Oil on canvas
Halfway through the show, I receive an ominous email……
Susan Meiselas: NICARAGUA, Esteli (1979).
“Cease and Desist”
Meanwhile, an online discussion ensues between myself,
net artists, programmers, and musicians…
“Cease & Desist”
Am I a Pirate?!
“Joywar”
Spring/Summer 2004
Artist Tim Whidden mirrored the image on his own site…
Artist Michael Sarff created a “derivative” work based on Molotov that represents this “mirroring”:
On Rhizome, artist Ryan Griffis declares “Joywar”( a reference to “Toywar” c. 1999)
Jess Loseby
Joseph + Donna McElroyhttp://electrichands.com/shanghai-pepsi.jpg
Michael Szpakowski : Solidarity webpage
Ottokin.com:
Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2004 16:33:22 +0100Re: tshirt
Produce this shirt an fuck the Pepsi!
Bye from ItalyPaolo
“Spook” site
Quicktime movie: “Art not Crime”
Kate Southworth: Pirates of Penzancehttp://www.gloriousninth.com/piratesofpenzance.html
Molotov Remix - consists od a jpg of Joy Garnett's painting "Molotov" sliced into 121 43px X 52px images. Each sliced image is randomly loaded via java script into one of 121 cells of an html table.
Users may click on the "Recompose" link to achieve a new randomly generated recomposition each time. The chances of users hitting upon a perfect realignment of image slices is less than winning the lottery, but just in case I have a "fair use" argument ready.
http://art-design.smsu.edu/cooley/molotov/
mark cooley
Edward Tang: “Molotov Landscapes” created using a custom software in Windows C++ using Visual C++ .NET and OpenGL for graphics.http://antiexperience.com
Pau Waelder: http://www.sicplacitum.com/arte/molotov.htm
