The video installation that he has made for Yanomami: Spirit of The Forest is a monumental extension … Tony Oursler. May. Please note that artwork locations are subject to change, and not all works are on view at all times. Feb 2, 2017 - Explore Yoki's board "Tony Oursler", followed by 567 people on Pinterest. 1957, New York, NY; lives and works in New York, NY) is known for his innovative integration of video, sculpture, painting, drawing, and performance. The reflections are random because at the time they are recorded they are broadcast live so I never know the combinations which will occur. Tony Oursler. I discovered that the isolated organ of the eye is incapable of showing emotion, which resides in the face which surrounds it. S_~r. 1957, New York, NY; lives and works in New York, NY) is known for his innovative integration of video, sculpture, painting, drawing, and performance. Sometimes you can hear the soundtrack and sometimes you can recognize the images and sometimes not, they are just too dim or small or far away. Top Art Shows, Contemporary Art and Erotic Events. Eyes blink and swivel; mouths frown, smile and pucker while uttering barely audible words through nearby speakers. Studio: Seven Months of My Aesthetic Education and Then Some (NYC Version) So you see the eye with a little TV image reflected within the iris. The pupil contracts and expands. But as I isolated them from the face as single giant orbs to my surprise they took on a much more alien quality devoid of human and emotional characteristics. Metro Pictures  | 519 West 24th Street, New York, NY, 10001 Apr. Onto each eye, the small reflection of a television screen plays in rapid motion. A pioneer of new-media art since the mid-1970s, Tony Oursler is best known for his video projections and installation works that explore technology's effects on the human mind. I liked Monet, I liked Warhol, I liked Calder’s circus and now I liked Tony Oursler. Onto each eye, the small reflection of a television screen plays in rapid motion. 2016 Aluminium, resin, acrylic, LED screen, media player, video and sound 95 x 63 x 7 cm 37 3/8 x 24 3/4 x 2 3/4 inches As eye-rollingly precocious a Manhattan child as I was, I did not, at that time, have a particular passion for contemporary art. Available for sale from Dep Art Gallery, Tony Oursler, Untitled (2008), Mixed media on paper, 61 × 48.3 cm This art installation was created by the artist Tony Oursler. Oursler used his own or friends' body parts for the projected human anatomy. I added the music. See more ideas about tony oursler, tony, sculpture installation. Unlike other video artists, Oursler does not only project his works on a uniform… Asphyxiation 1995. Navigation. The eyes stare and blink at gallery-goers as they walk past (Photo: Courtesy of Tony Oursler and Lehmann Maupin) With blinking eyes and whispering lips, Tony Oursler’s projections of faces onto fiberglass sculptures create lifelike figures that make media imagery tangible. Work of this order makes us ponder what is a face -­‐which subject is among the things we cherish most and know most intimately-­‐ and what constitutes a likeness. "The works seemed to have stirred-up some talk of spirituality, "windows to the soul" and things like that. 1, 1996 An exhibition of spherical sculptures, which become dismebodied eyeballs. Using footage of shamanic cure sessions shot by Geraldo Yanomami, but also an extraordinary bestiary drawn by the youth of Watoriki, the artist sets these images against others that reveal his own work on the imitation of mental images. Oursler really goes over the top, when he provides three pairs of eyes and three mouths for the same, green, polygonal form. Tony Oursler Lives and works in New York, NY, USA 1979 BFA, California Institute for the Arts, Valencia, CA, USA 1957 Born in New York, NY, USA Selected Solo Exhibitions 2019 ‘电流 (Current)’, Nanjing Eye Pedestrian Bridge, Nanjing, China ‘Tony Oursler: Water Memory’, Guild Hall, East Hampton, NY, USA Having graduated from the California Institute of Arts, he works primarily with video, a medium he truly revolutionized by removing some properties from the projection, such as the screen frame, thus creating immersive installation that combine sound, light, and image. I loved going to museums but I went to museums looking mostly for animals and magic. I switch channels intuitively while recording the image. Mirror Maze (Through Dead Eyes) Cartier Foundation, Paris, France. Tony Oursler (b. 20 - Jun. Oursler began his exploration of eyes in 1995, and has continued to rework and expand upon the themes and technologies presented in this series. The video installation that he has made for Yanomami: Spirit of The Forest is a monumental extension of this. A pioneer of new-media art since the mid-1970s, Tony Oursler is best known for his video projections and installation works that explore technology's effects on the human mind. Tony Oursler is an American artist born in New York in 1957. Tony Oursler / gallery. From Friends Seminary Benefit Auction, Tony Oursler, Eye (2019), Foam, resin, video (Tony Oursler, 1996, in conversation with Christiane Meyer-Stoll), | 519 West 24th Street, New York, NY, 10001. See more ideas about tony oursler, tony, installation art. Cartier Foundation, Paris, FranceMay. See more ideas about tony oursler, tony, art. Oursler's fascination with certain mental disturbances in which the body is experienced as fragmented, and with the multiple nature of personality, is expressed in the Eyes series, which he began developing in 1996. Artist Tony Oursler is known for creating "electronic effigies" by projecting disembodied faces and voices onto sculptural forms. Obscura (2014) by Tony Oursler, which features videos of eyes projected on to sculptural orbs. Really, I was obsessed with magic. Untitled (Eyes) by Tony Oursler. This eye, titled 'Zap/Flash', performed by Joe Gibbons , is looking at television while surfing the channels, and we all do here in America. Tony Oursler is known for his fractured-narrative handmade video tapes including The Loner (1980) and EVOL (1984). 1, 1996, An exhibition of spherical sculptures, which become dismebodied eyeballs. If playback doesn't begin shortly, try restarting your device. Jan 8, 2013 - Explore Naya Mauricio's board "Tony Oursler", followed by 1973 people on Pinterest. Tony Oursler. It seems to be almost feeding. 14 - Oct. 12, 2003. Tony Oursler. At first glance, these bizarre alien beings might appear entertaining. Beginning in the early 1980s, after receiving his B.A. Metro Pictures | 519 West 24th Street, New York, NY, 10001Apr. They are organs which constantly seek and watch and are in turn being watched. What inspires your art? Always rooted in the medium of film, Tony Oursler conjures sculptural and immersive experiences using technologies that hark back to magic lanterns, Victorian light shows, camera obscura and auratic parlour tricks, but that also look forward to the fully networked, digitally assisted future of image and identity production. This is probably the only improvisational part of my work, surfing." Reflecting Tony Oursler's disturbing and psychological explorations of the body, Studio features disembodied human eyes positioned in a sea of green, illustrating his interest in the fragmentation of human bodies and minds. Nov 9, 2018 - Explore Lonni Tanner's board "Tony Oursler", followed by 167 people on Pinterest. Tony Oursler, Tony Oursler, Tony Oursler is a major figure in the recent history of video art. Tony Space. Tony Oursler is perhaps one of the most widely recognized new media artists, consistently challenging and engendering conversations about the evolution of surveillance. 14 - Oct. 12, 2003. Browse Widewalls and discover more auction records by Tony Oursler, with prices and details of each lot! F/X Plotter #2 1992. Disembodied, mismatching bloodshot eyes, fat lips and snaggled teeth whisper and exclaim like bulbous poltergeists while conspicuously absent noses accentuate the grotesque overall impact of these oddly endearing creatures. Although he is not part of the generation which saw the emergence of this, he does belong to the generation which has revived its use by freeing himself from the limits specific to television screens. Oursler's fascination with certain mental disturbances in which the body is experienced as fragmented, and with the multiple nature of personality, is expressed in the Eyes series, which he began developing in 1996. By carefully slicing the eye one could find this image and solve a murder perhaps by revealing the identity of the killer.Real eyes are not so easy to read and people focus a lot of attention on them, trying to find something inside them. Billy Rubin describes as EVOL "(charting) the territory between our passion-charged personal narratives and the near impossibility of representing that desire visually or linguistically, the end result often being nothing more than banal cultural cliches." In Tony Oursler’s mesmerising video work, Viz, ten blinking eyes gaze vacantly in divergent directions, projected onto a biomorphic construction of interconnected orbs. Videos you watch may be added to the TV's watch history and influence TV recommendations. I have been getting a lot of tattoo questions lately so right now I’m going to do my tattoo Q and A. A pioneering figure in new media since the 1970s, Oursler has developed unique methods of incorporating video elements into paintings, drawings, sculpture, and installations. And that is a good question. A number of people have reminded me that at one time it was believed that the eyes of the dead retained the last image which was seen at death. If you are planning a visit to SFMOMA to see a specific work of art, we suggest you contact us at collections@sfmoma.org to confirm it … Tony Oursler (b. Despite the alien forms of these “electronic effigies” 1 —as in the green, S-shaped Slip (2003)—their facial expressions and language communicate. 20 - Jun. In a flickering array of psychedelic colours each transfixed eye stares outwards, the sockets framed by synthetic hues that defy the work’s organic cell-like structure. A pioneering figure in new media since the 1970s, Oursler has developed unique methods of incorporating video elements into paintings, drawings, sculpture, and installations. Multimedia artist Tony Oursler will debut his film, "TC: The Most Interesting Man Alive," at the Chrysler Museum of Art on Thursday evening. "The works seemed to have stirred-up. Search for: Tattoo Tattoo babes galleries – Hot sexy tattoo girls.