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David Herbert (born July 16, 1977)〔("David Herbert" ), Postmasters Gallery. Retrieved March 27, 2010.〕 is an American sculptor. He remakes cultural icons such as Mickey Mouse, Superman and a VHS cassette. ==Life and work== David Herbert was born in Seattle, Washington. He gained a B.F.A. from the Cornish College of the Arts in Seattle and an M.F.A. from Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond.〔("Passport to the arts" ), ''The New Yorker'', 2009. Retrieved March 27, 2010.〕 He worked initially with video, before changing to sculpture.〔("David Herbert" ), ''Discover US!'', 2009. Retrieved March 28, 2010.〕 One of the highlights〔 of the group show ''Scarecrow'' at the Postmasters Gallery in New York in July 2006, was Herbert's ''VHS'', a giant replica of a videocassete of ''2001: A Space Odyssey''.〔Johnson. ("The Listings: July 7 - July 13" ), ''The New York Times'', July 7, 2006. Retrieved March 27, 2010.〕 The work, made in 2005 from foam, plexiglass and latex paint, measures 50" × 12" × 96" (127 × 30 × 244 cm).〔("Scarecrow—curator David Hunt" ), ''NYArts'', September/October 2006. Retrieved March 27, 2010.〕〔''VHS'' opens the book: Dailey, Meghan; Saatchi Gallery (2009), ''The Shape of Things to Come: New Sculpture'', Rizzoli International Publications. ISBN 0-8478-3253-8, ISBN 978-0-8478-3253-8.()〕 In December 2006, in ''The Bong Show'' at the Leslie Tonkonow Gallery in New York, Herbert's ''Creature from Bong Water Bog'', was a "hilarious"〔 green head with scales, twice life-size, open mouth and partially underwater in a glass tank; it "recalls the melodrama of its black-lagoon forebear while the tubular pink plants surrounding it strike a phallic vibe."〔Baker, R. C. ("Buzz-Worthy" ), ''The Village Voice'', December 19, 2006. Retrieved December 27, 2010.〕 In January 2007, his solo show, ''I (heart) New York'', took place at the Postmasters Gallery in New York.〔 The center of the show was a 14-foot (4.2 m) tall sculpture of a decaying Empire State Building; other iconic structures were shown in more sculptures.〔("I (heart) New York" ), oneartworld.com. Retrieved March 27, 2010.〕 Drawings included a depression era speaker and a burning flag with a KKK member.〔 Herbert was included in Postmaster Gallery's installation at the 2007 Miami Pulse festival; his work ''Beautiful Superman'' was described by ''Artforum'' as "an impressively towering sculpture".〔Velasco, David. ("Miami vices" ), ''Artforum'', December 8, 2007. Retrieved March 27, 2010.〕 In 2008, in the show ''Amerika: Back to the Future'' at the Postmasters Gallery, he exhibited a foam-core model of the "Starship ''Enterprise''",〔 supported by a wooden framework and with Paleolithic markings all over it,〔Baker, R. C. (" 'Amerika: Back to the Future' " ), ''The Village Voice'', June 10, 2008. Retrieved March 27, 2010.〕 and also a depiction of Mickey Mouse—"retro-primitivist sculptures () reconfigure 20th century icons ... as crudely constructed stone-age totems".〔Halter, Ed. ("The tomorrow people" ), Rhizome (editorial content), May 29, 2008. Retrieved March 28, 2010.〕 In March 2009, his work appeared in the America festival ''Discover US!'' in Berlin, which presented 18 contemporary US artists.〔Reichert, Kolja. ("Tanz die Bilanz!" ), ''Der Tagesspiegel'', April 7, 2009. Retrieved March 27, 2010.〕 Herbert used American entertainment icons as a subject, transforming Superman into a skeletal figure of pain and Mickey Mouse into a feeble puppet, pointing to the reality behind the travesty of everyday life.〔Preuss, Sebastian. ("Coney Island lässt grüßen" ), ''Berliner Zeitung'', March 30, 2009. Retrieved March 27, 2010. "Und auch David Herbert treibt mit Ikonen des amerikanischen Entertainments sein Spiel. Aus Superman macht er einen skelettierten Schmerzensmann, aus Mickey Mouse eine ärmliche Gliederpuppe. Es ist der alltägliche Karneval, die Wirklichkeit hinter der Travestie."〕 In June 2008, two works, ''Beautiful Superman'' and ''Western Model'', were included in ''Freedom'', the eleventh staging of ''The Hague Sculpture'' in The Hague, focusing that year on sculpture of American artists active since 1958.〔("The Hague Sculpture" ), denhaagsculptuur.com, 2008. Retrieved March 28, 2010.〕 The exhibition took place in the Lange Voorhout avenue and was opened by the Mayor, Jozias van Aartsen; the theme of freedom was chosen for its particular association with the United States.〔("Beeldhouwkunst VS centraal op Den Haag Sculptuur" ), ''Dagblad van het Noorden'', June 4, 2008 (ANP syndication). Retrieved March 28, 2010.〕 Herbert was provided with accommodation and made his work in the Zijderveld studio in liaison with the carpentry workshop.〔Roeththof, Guikje; Van Den Dikkenberg, Rutger. ("Zonder kunstenaar geen kunst" ), Netherlands: ''PM'', p. July 25, 11, 2008. Retrieved March 28, 2010.〕 ''Western Model'' is an object which fuses a wooden car with a house on top of it;〔 the car is modelled on the Ford Model T. His solo show ''Nostalgia for Infinity'' took place at the Postmasters Gallery in May 2009,〔Zegeer, Brian. ("David Herbert, 'Nostalgia for Infinity' " ), ''Time Out'' (New York), June 4, 2009. Retrieved March 27, 2010.〕 and took as its starting point work by illustrators and animators〔("David Herbert 'Nostalgia for Infinity' " ), ''NY Art Beat'', 2009. Retrieved March 27, 2010.〕 to make "playful, mixed-media sculptures of architectural and pop cultural monuments in various states of deconstruction and dilapidation."〔("The Absolutely Crucial Spring Arts Preview" ), ''The L Magazine'', March 18, 2009. Retrieved March 28, 2010.〕 He reconstructed out of chicken wire and spray foam a large version of Ridley Scott's alien, titled ''Monarch'', showing the alien with a butterfly on its hand and sitting in a rocking chair.〔 He transcribed the first Mickey Mouse cartoon, ''Steamboat Willie'', in a stop-motion video, ''Séance for the Symphony'', with flatulent sounds in the background and crude cardboard characters, with the result that "The tension between the cartoon and its humble re-creation educes a drama that’s both sad and beautiful."〔 His pencil on paper drawing ''Screwj'' was one of the artworks in an auction by ''The New Yorker'' in 2009 to raise funds for the Friends of the High Line, who aid an elevated railway along the West Side of Manhattan.〔 In December 2009, ''Don't Flee the Artmarket'' was a group show at the Postmasters Gallery of nearly 300 works, one of the "quirky highlights"〔 being Herbert's portraits in graphite of a sad lost R2-D2 and C-3PO.〔McGarry, Kevin. ("Bazaar Gifts" ), ''The New York Times'', December 16, 2009. Retrieved March 27, 2010.〕 Herbert lives and works in New York.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「David Herbert (artist)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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