|
Mark Jenkins (born 1970) is an American artist most widely known for his sculptural street installations. Jenkins' practice of street art is to use the "street as a stage" where his sculptures interact with the surrounding environment including passersby who unknowingly become actors.〔(The Surreal Art of an Urban Prankster ) ''The Huffington Post'', April 16, 2012〕 His installations often draw the attention of the police.〔(Testing the Limits: Artist's project misunderstood right off the bat, but it drew attention to art ) ''Winston-Salem Journal'', October 11, 2009〕〔(Police remove another piece of artist's work ) ''Winston-Salem Journal'', October 15, 2009〕〔(Artist's mannequin awaits permission to startle people ) ''Winston-Salem Journal'', November 3, 2009〕 His work has been described as whimsical, macabre, shocking and situationist.〔(Urban Theater ) mb!, April 17, 2012〕〔(Don't call 911! The terrifying life-like sculptures bringing panic to the streets ) The Daily Mail, Feb 2, 2012〕 Jenkins cites Juan Muñoz as his initial inspiration.〔(Let No Man Scare You ) ''The Morning News'', March 30, 2006〕〔(The Surreal Art of an Urban Prankster ) ''The Huffington Post'', April 16, 2012〕 In addition to creating art, he also teaches his sculpture techniques and installation practices through workshops. He currently lives in Washington, DC. == History == Jenkins was born in Alexandria, Virginia, but first began experimenting with tape as a casting medium for creating sculpture in 2003 while living in Rio de Janeiro. Wrapping the tape in reverse and then resealing it, he was able to make casts of objects including himself. One of his first street projects was a series of clear tape self casts that he installed on the streets of Rio de Janeiro. Jenkins became immediately interested in the reactions of the people and considered his installation as much a social experiment as an art project.〔(Let No Man Scare You ) ''The Morning News'', March 30, 2006〕'' In 2004 he moved back to Washington DC and in 2005 he began working with Sandra Fernandez on the ''Storker Project'', a series in which clear casts of toy babies are installed in different cities to interact with their surrounding environment.〔(Let No Man Scare You ) ''The Morning News'', March 30, 2006〕 Jenkins and Fernandez continued to create other installations using tape animals--dogs playing in litter, giraffes nibbling plastic bags from trees, and ducks swimming in gutters. Other outdoor projects which explore culture jamming include ''Meterpops'', ''Traffic-Go-Round'', and ''Signs of Spring''.〔(Mark Jenkins's Traffic-Go-Round ) ''BoingBoing'', March 14, 2006〕〔(Signs of Spring ) Laughing Squid, March 31, 2008〕 In 2006 Jenkins began the ''Embed Series''. The tape casts were filled with newspaper and cement and dressed to create hyper realistic sculptural duplicates of himself and Fernandez. These new lifelike sculpture installations created confusion causing some passersby to make calls to 911 which caused police and sometimes rescue units to arrive on his "stage".〔(That's Mark Jenkins All Over ) ''The Washington Post'', July 23, 2006〕〔(A Minute With: Street artist Mark Jenkins ) ''Reuters'', February 1, 2012〕 It is also during this time Jenkins gained worldwide media attention for his work.〔(Reuters ) ''Reuters'', 2006〕 In 2008 Jenkins collaborated with Greenpeace on an awareness campaign, ''Plight of the Polar Bears'', to draw attention to the melting Arctic ice caps. Jenkins created realistic figures appearing to be homeless people but with plush polar bear heads. The installations resulted in bomb squads being deployed to destroy the works subsequently creating controversy over the regulation of public space in the post 9/11 era.〔(As Arctic Sea Ice reaches 2008 low, Street Art project highlights shared fate of polar bears, humanity ) ''Greenpeace USA'', September 18, 2008〕〔(Homeless Polar Bears Ask for Change ) ''The Huffington Post'', September 17, 2008〕〔(Mark Jenkins homeless polar bear prank ) ''BoingBoing'', September 30, 2008〕 Jenkins has participated in numerous public art events including ''Interferencia'' (Barcelona, 2008), ''BELEF'' (Belgrade, 2009), ''Dublin Contemporary 2011'', ''Inside Out'' (Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, Winston-Salem, 2009),''Living Layers'' (Rome, 2012) and ''Les Vraisemblables'' (''Nuit Blanche'', Paris, 2014). Indoors Jenkins has exhibited internationally in galleries and museums as well as continuing his ''Embed Series'' in public settings such as cafeterias, schools and building lobbies. He was part of Kevin Spacey's ''Tunnel 228'' project in London.〔(Kevin Spacey Stages Secret Show in ‘Tunnel 228′ ) ''Animal New York'', May 28, 2010〕 In 2011 he made installations for a theatrical piece ''Is Maybe'' at the Hebbel am Ufer in Berlin.〔(Installation Artist Mark Jenkins Begins New Collaboration In Berlin ) ''National Public Radio (NPR)'', June 20, 2011〕 Group exhibits include: ''New Blood'' curated by Morgan Spurlock at Thinkspace Gallery (Los Angeles, 2012), POW's ''Santa's Ghetto'' (Bethlehem, 2007),〔(Banksy Bethlehem: a sudden, provocative comeback ) ''The Guardian UK'', December 3, 2001〕 The Underbelly Project (NYC, 2011), ''Anonymous'' at PERMM Museum (Perm, 2012), ''Pinic In the City'' at Sangsangmadang Gallery (Seoul, 2009), ''White Walls'' at the Beirut Art Center (Beirut, 2012) and ''Street and Studio'' at Kunsthalle Wien (Vienna, 2010). Solo shows include ''Glazed Paradise'' at Diesel Gallery (Tokyo, 2008),〔(Mark Jenkins and Miho Kinomura: Glazed Paradise ) ''The Japan Times'', June 19, 2008〕 ''Meaning is Overrated'' at Carmichael Gallery (Los Angeles, 2009), ''Terrible Horrible'' at Ruttkowski;68 Gallery (Cologne, 2014) and ''Moment of Impact'' at Lazarides Gallery (London, 2015),. 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「Mark Jenkins (artist)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
|