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Wulsin is best known for the work, ''[[Caseros Prison Demolition Project|16 Tons, Prison Demolition]]'',<ref>Caroline Winter, [https://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/05/arts/design/05wint.html ''With a Hammer, Finding Ghosts in the Glass''], ''The New York Times'', August 5, 2007.</ref> a massive public piece in [[Buenos Aires]], [[Argentina]], that worked with the demolition of the infamous Caseros Prison between 2005 and 2009.<ref name="Art21">{{cite web |last1=Quiles |first1=Daniel |title=Interview with Seth Wulsin |url=https://magazine.art21.org/2010/11/11/interview-with-seth-wulsin/#.YTECpi1h3rI |publisher=Magazine Art21 |access-date=2 September 2021}}</ref>
Wulsin is best known for the work, ''[[Caseros Prison Demolition Project|16 Tons, Prison Demolition]]'',<ref>Caroline Winter, [https://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/05/arts/design/05wint.html ''With a Hammer, Finding Ghosts in the Glass''], ''The New York Times'', August 5, 2007.</ref> a massive public piece in [[Buenos Aires]], [[Argentina]], that worked with the demolition of the infamous Caseros Prison between 2005 and 2009.<ref name="Art21">{{cite web |last1=Quiles |first1=Daniel |title=Interview with Seth Wulsin |url=https://magazine.art21.org/2010/11/11/interview-with-seth-wulsin/#.YTECpi1h3rI |publisher=Magazine Art21 |access-date=2 September 2021}}</ref>


In 2010, Wulsin's work was thrown into the spotlight when a sculpture from his counter-surveillance oriented Time Drops in Decay series, consisting of higher-dimensional internally reflecting mirror objects, was broken by then-Mayor of Buenos Aires [[Mauricio Macri]] (who later became president of Argentina) on a televised tour of the art fair ArteBA.<ref>Soledad Barruti, [https://www.pagina12.com.ar/diario/suplementos/radar/9-6504-2010-10-03.html ''El zoo de Cristal''], ''Pagina/12'', October 3, 2010.</ref> Artist and filmmaker, Joshua Sandler, used the ensuing scandal as raw material for a documentary film called ''Who gives A Shit About Art?'' critiquing the intersection of art, politics and capital.<ref>[https://www.clarin.com/si/cristal-mira_0_BJyWfkfawXe.html ''El cristal con sue se mira''], ''Clarín'', May 16, 2011.</ref> Wulsin's work Wishing Well, an expansion on the Time Drops series, was exhibited at Boulder Museum of Contemporary art in 2011. <ref>Krystal Baugher, [https://www.boulderweekly.com/entertainment/arts-culture/shades-of-white/ ''Shades of White''], ''Boulder Weekly'', July 7, 2011.</ref>
In 2010, Wulsin's work was thrown into the spotlight when a sculpture from his counter-surveillance oriented ''Time Drops in Decay'' series, consisting of higher-dimensional internally reflecting mirror objects, was broken by then-Mayor of Buenos Aires [[Mauricio Macri]] (who later became president of Argentina) on a televised tour of the art fair ArteBA.<ref>Soledad Barruti, [https://www.pagina12.com.ar/diario/suplementos/radar/9-6504-2010-10-03.html ''El zoo de Cristal''], ''Pagina/12'', October 3, 2010.</ref> Artist and filmmaker, Joshua Sandler, used the ensuing scandal as raw material for a documentary film called ''Who gives A Shit About Art?'' critiquing the intersection of art, politics and capital.<ref>[https://www.clarin.com/si/cristal-mira_0_BJyWfkfawXe.html ''El cristal con sue se mira''], ''Clarín'', May 16, 2011.</ref> Wulsin's work ''Wishing Well'', an expansion on the Time Drops series, was exhibited at Boulder Museum of Contemporary art in 2011. <ref>Krystal Baugher, [https://www.boulderweekly.com/entertainment/arts-culture/shades-of-white/ ''Shades of White''], ''Boulder Weekly'', July 7, 2011.</ref>


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 06:49, 4 November 2021

Seth Wulsin (born April 15, 1981 in Spring Valley, NY) is an independent journalist [1] and contemporary artist working primarily with space, time and light through large-scale, site-specific, ephemeral sculpture, drawing and architectural performance.[2] He is a member of the art collective Artistas en Latino America.

Wulsin is best known for the work, 16 Tons, Prison Demolition,[3] a massive public piece in Buenos Aires, Argentina, that worked with the demolition of the infamous Caseros Prison between 2005 and 2009.[2]

In 2010, Wulsin's work was thrown into the spotlight when a sculpture from his counter-surveillance oriented Time Drops in Decay series, consisting of higher-dimensional internally reflecting mirror objects, was broken by then-Mayor of Buenos Aires Mauricio Macri (who later became president of Argentina) on a televised tour of the art fair ArteBA.[4] Artist and filmmaker, Joshua Sandler, used the ensuing scandal as raw material for a documentary film called Who gives A Shit About Art? critiquing the intersection of art, politics and capital.[5] Wulsin's work Wishing Well, an expansion on the Time Drops series, was exhibited at Boulder Museum of Contemporary art in 2011. [6]

References

  1. ^ Seth Wulsin, The Colombian Government’s War on Protesters, Jacobin, June 12, 2021.
  2. ^ a b Quiles, Daniel. "Interview with Seth Wulsin". Magazine Art21. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
  3. ^ Caroline Winter, With a Hammer, Finding Ghosts in the Glass, The New York Times, August 5, 2007.
  4. ^ Soledad Barruti, El zoo de Cristal, Pagina/12, October 3, 2010.
  5. ^ El cristal con sue se mira, Clarín, May 16, 2011.
  6. ^ Krystal Baugher, Shades of White, Boulder Weekly, July 7, 2011.
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