A piece of conceptual sculpture from ready-mades by me. The video will explain it. Uuuuuuuuuh, yeah, you really need to see the video to GET it.
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For the Love of Gold
The “readymade” was invented by a poet in 1915.
The “readymade” was invented by a poet in 1915. “What is the difference between a ketchup label, and a poem?” asked poet Ivor Unsk. A little known poet and drinking companion of Marcel Duchamp, Russian immigrant Unsk was the person who originally conceived of the “readymade”. Unsk’s readymade poems were not accepted by the literary…
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Stenciling Over Banksy, article about me
Manhattan. Why stencil over Banksy, and why a giant ugly bug? Artist, Eric Küns stenciled over You Complete Me, Banksy’s most famous piece from his October, month-long-residency in NY. Many were surprised at the audacity of someone painting over a world-famous artist at the peak of his recognition, but Küns argues it’s no big deal because Banksy…
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Fly on the wall 1
Fly on the wall 2
Taking it to the Banksy
Attack of the Existentialist Stencil Fly
Does BIGGER make better art?
Magazine cover and feature article about my sculpture, “Exhibitionist Fly”. Click on the image to see the high-rez, readable version.
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My favorite Jeff Koons’ painting, and why
Recently I’ve been slugging hard at why the Koons phenomena is all hype and no substance – the cotton candy of the art world – but then I discovered his paintings, which are much less known than his sculptures, and to my surprise in his newer ones he’s attempting to be more aesthetically complex, nuanced,…
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Worthless plaster mall rabbit sold as fine art sculpture for millions
The fine art crowd had been fooled again. They’ve fallen for forgeries of Abstract Expressionist paintings by a Chinese artist; paid record amounts for one-striped paintings; crowned a businessman who can’t sculpt the greatest living artist when he merely makes reproductions of the most innocuous kitsch; and now they’ve bought a cheesy mall sculpture mistaking…
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