Week5 Whitney Biennial

Dan Colen

Untitled, 2004–5. Papier-mâché, Styrofoam, felt, oil paint, wood, and steel, 96 x 108 x 96 in.

Derived in part from a detail of Jeff Wall's photograph The Vampire's Picnic (1991)

Jeff Wall, Vampires' Picnic, 1991

Cameron Jamie

Study for Kranky Klaus, 2002. Gelatin silver print, 10¼ x 14 in. (26 x 35.6 cm). Collection of the artist; courtesy Bernier/Eliades Gallery, Athens

Cameron Jamie’s work—a blend of video, sound, performance, photography, and drawing—deals with European and American history and culture, in particular their dysfunctional manifestations. 

Ryan Trecartin

Still from A Family Finds Entertainment, 2004

Ryan Trecartin's video A Family Finds Entertainment (2004) is a carnivalesque, meandering narrative that chronicles the coming-out of a gay teenager named Skippy.

All three of these images are either still's from video or in Colen's case it was a image derived from a picture that had a cinematic feel to it.  They all come from the not so "normal" peoples lives.

My own images

My daily walk, Oct. 2010

I took this picture on my daily walk on the trail through my neighborhood.  There was a small patch that had been burnt and I thought the contrasting colors were beautiful.

T.V., Oct. 2010

This was a t.v. sticker stuck to an old door downtown, it's cute.

Street Sign, Oct, 2010

I love taking pictures of street signs that have been covered with other peoples collective of signs.  It's great to leave your mark in the world.