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Born 1971 Fort St. John, British Columbia, Canada. Known for: Pop-conceptual sculpture, found objects.
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From British Columbia, Brian Jungen is a 'found art' artist in the tradition of Andy Warhol and Marcel Duchamp. However, unlike Warhol and Duchamp, he disguises the objects, concealing their original... Read full biography
From British Columbia, Brian Jungen is a 'found art' artist in the tradition of Andy Warhol and Marcel Duchamp. However, unlike Warhol and Duchamp, he disguises the objects, concealing their original purpose. He also does small scale drawings and large format paintings. A reoccuring theme is... Read full biography
From British Columbia, Brian Jungen is a 'found art' artist in the tradition of Andy Warhol and Marcel Duchamp. However, unlike Warhol and Duchamp, he disguises the objects, concealing their original purpose. He also does small scale drawings and large format paintings. A reoccuring theme is challenging the influence of ethnography on cultural identity. Born in Fort St. John, British Columbia, he is a graduate of the Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design. He has lived and worked in Vancouver,... Read full biography
From British Columbia, Brian Jungen is a 'found art' artist in the tradition of Andy Warhol and Marcel Duchamp. However, unlike Warhol and Duchamp, he disguises the objects, concealing their original purpose. He also does small scale drawings and large format paintings. A reoccuring theme is challenging the influence of ethnography on cultural identity. Born in Fort St. John, British Columbia, he is a graduate of the Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design. He has lived and worked in Vancouver, Montreal and New York City. His series Prototypes of New Understanding is composed of aboriginal masks made from parts of hand-sewn together Nike Air Jordan shoes. Jungen wrote: "It was interesting to see how by simply manipulating the Air Jordan... Read full biography
From British Columbia, Brian Jungen is a 'found art' artist in the tradition of Andy Warhol and Marcel Duchamp. However, unlike Warhol and Duchamp, he disguises the objects, concealing their original purpose. He also does small scale drawings and large format paintings. A reoccuring theme is challenging the influence of ethnography on cultural identity. Born in Fort St. John, British Columbia, he is a graduate of the Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design. He has lived and worked in Vancouver, Montreal and New York City. His series Prototypes of New Understanding is composed of aboriginal masks made from parts of hand-sewn together Nike Air Jordan shoes. Jungen wrote: "It was interesting to see how by simply manipulating the Air Jordan shoes you could evoke specific cultural traditions whilst simultaneously amplifying the process of... Read full biography
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From British Columbia, Brian Jungen is a 'found art' artist in the tradition of Andy Warhol and Marcel Duchamp. However, unlike Warhol and Duchamp, he disguises the objects, concealing their original purpose. He also does small scale drawings and large format paintings. A reoccuring theme is challenging the influence of ethnography on cultural identity.
Born in Fort St. John, British Columbia, he is a graduate of the Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design. He has lived and worked in Vancouver, Montreal and New York City
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