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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 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 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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