Late Contextualism

The sculpture has descended from the podium on to the earth.The painting has transcended the frame into reality.

Now the work of art and the public context become indistinguishable.

Predictability is the enemy of seeing.Experience is experiencing what one does not expect to experience.The Contextualist work is not meant to be actively experienced.It is meant to operate below the viewers awareness.Pieces are seen every day for years, yet they are never questioned.Not a form of Regionalism; the Late-Contextualists reject the generalization of areas or cultures. The only valid culture is the individual. The only valid place is that which is within an individual’s senses at one time.

The exact locations of works displayed in this book have been withheld in the inter-est of preserving their contextual anonymity.

Contextualist works may still be happening, may always have happened.

LATE-CONTEXTUALISTS IN THE URBAN CONTEXT

[01] ‘Sneaky’ Sculptures[02] Accessories

[04] Contextual Sound[05] Placements

[06] Displacements[07] Replacements

[08] False Publications[09] Fronting

[10] Overused Iconography Usage[11] Progressive Vandalism

[12] Shooting Blanks

Some categories to categorize the works shown:

[01] ‘Sneaky’ Sculptures

Untitled #1, Untitled #2

[01] ‘Sneaky’ Sculptures

Lenin

Secretly installed at night.

[02] Accessories

Rubber Stamp Tool

Thomas Knoll

Tiles. Painted.

[02] Accessories

Shutter Speed

[02] Accessories

Untitled #4

Installation.

[02] Accessories

Untitled

Installation.

[02] Accessories

Silent Alarmz

Coven’s work usually takes a more serious tone.

[02] Accessories

Untitled #Beige

[02] Accessories

Media is the Message

Non-functional, of course.

I Think I’m Going 2

Blue Box

pasted from the surroundings.

T Y B

[04] Contextual Sound

Untitled

in stereo.

[04] Contextual Sound

Untitled

threshold of pain.

[05] Placements

The Berlin Wall 2.0

[05] Placements

Untitled

The smaller one is fake.

[05] Placements

Bicycle chained with a red chain

Installation.

[05] Placements

Stump #5

[05] Placements

Untitled

[05] Placements

Gum Ballz

Installation.

[06] Displacements

Curb Enthusiasm

This work commemorates the millennium celebration.

[06] Displacements

Eine Dicke Katze

[07] Replacements

Untitled

Unnecessary repairs.

[07] Replacements

Untitled

Chintan Intwala

[08] False Publications

Achtung Frisch gestrichen

Edward Kandrot

These tiles have never been painted.

[08] False Publications

BILDERCENTER foto-express-service

Sarah Kong

[09] Fronting

Asia Markt Frischkorb

[09] Fronting

Kingdom of Cambodia Embassy

the Kingdom of Cambodia.

[10] Overused Iconography Usage

U.S.A. A.O.K.

familiarity.

[10] Overused Iconography Usage

Che-ese

[11] Progressive Vandalism

Untitled #6

[11] Progressive Vandalism

Try hugging it now

The tree was perfectly healthy.

[11] Progressive Vandalism

Freiheit

This is what happens.

[12] Shooting Blanks

White Compilation 7

[12] Shooting Blanks

Untitled

[12] Shooting Blanks

Untitled

[12] Shooting Blanks

Untitled

Off-white paint.