User:Jack Massing/sandbox
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Jack Massing was born in 1959 in Buffalo, New York. He received an Associate of Science degree from Niagara County Community College in 1979. He was an intern at Art Park in Lewiston N.Y. where his ideas about life and art dramatically changed and it was there where his foundation in conceptual art was established. After Art Park Jack worked as an assistant to several artists over the next few years. He moved around the country to work with Buster Simpson in Seattle, Pat Oleszko in NYC and Berlin, and Andrew Leicester in Amarillo Texas. After settling in Houston in the early 1980's he was awarded a scholarship at the Glassell School of Art at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. He earned a B.F.A. in sculpture from the University of Houston in 1984 where he met and began working with Michael Galbreth. The two collaborated extensively and began working together in 1983 in a conceptual project called The Art Guys that lasted until 2019 when Michael passed away. Described in the New York Times as "a cross between Dada, David Letterman, John Cage and the Smothers Brothers," The Art Guys present a blend of performance, conceptual and visual art that explores the absurdities of contemporary life.[1] The Art Guys taught for short stints in workshops across the U.S. and for several semesters at the University of Houston, Rice University, and University of Texas, San Antonio.
The Art Guys' work has been included in more than 150 exhibitions in museums, galleries and public spaces throughout the United States and in other parts of the world including Europe and China. Their work has been seen in more than 40 solo exhibitions among which include the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston,[2] The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Kemper Art Museum, Tacoma Art Museum, the de Saisset Museum, the Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art and the Tampa Museum of Art. The Art Guys have realized major public art projects including Intercontinental Airport Houston, San Antonio Airport,[3] Phoenix Airport and the University of Houston as well as civic and private commissions. Additionally, The Art Guys have lectured at universities, museums and other institutions throughout the United States including Harvard, Chicago Art Institute, School of Visual Arts New York, Kansas City Art Institute, UCLA, Vanderbilt and many more.
The Art Guys have experimented with a wide range of materials and activities in their attempt to expand the dialog and boundaries of art. Sculpture, drawing, performances, installations and video are among the many forms The Art Guys have employed, with food, drugs, pencils, baseball bats, car lot flags, toothbrushes and matches as just a small sampling of the unconventional materials they have utilized. Using an open and offbeat "direct-to-the public"
After 2019 Jack has continued to collaborate with other artists and produce his own "solo" work. In 2020 he made a sculpture called Loculus for an exhibition called True North that takes place in the median on Heights blvd. in Houston, TX. He collaborated with Chip Lord, and Sean Miller on the video project "The Exquisite Moving Corpse"[4] [5]which was widely shown in places including, SCOPE Art Fair, Miami Beach, Signal Gallery, Bray, Ireland, Ulster University, Belfast, U.K., Museum of Contemporary Art Jacksonville, FL, Museum of Art DeLand, deLand FL, Roxie Theater, San Francisco, CA, Video installation at the Bob Rauschenberg Gallery, at FSW, Ft. Myers, FL, University of Florida, School of Art and Art History, Microscope Gallery, New York, NY, Pallas Projects and Studios, Dublin, Ireland, Crowley Theater, Marfa, TX, Archivio Emily Harvey, Venice, Italy, DiverseWorks, MATCH, Houston, Spazio Unimedia, Genoa, Italy, part of 88; Philip Corner, Jack Massing, and Sean Miller, curated by Caterina Gualco, Experiments in Cinema v17.2, online exhibition, Albuquerque, New Mexico, and the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History.
William Wegman and Jack had a collaborative exhibition called "William WEGMAN & Jack MASSING: TWO CLEVER BY HALF - A Call & Response Project[6]" that took place between Sept. 2nd 2021 and March 26, 2022 at the Bob Rauschenberg Gallery at FSW in Ft. Myers, Florida. A radio interview[7] on WGCU covered details of the exhibition, and a discussion between William and Jack.
Jack has an interview[8] on Tiny Histories. It encapsulate some of thinking about finding and collecting objects.
References
- ^ Howe Verhovek, Sam (August 9, 1995). "AT WORK WITH: The Art Guys; In Performance: Life Imitates Art Imitating Life". New York Times. pp. Section C, Page 1. Retrieved November 21, 2023.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Art Museum Houston, Contemporary (November 21, 2023). "The Art Guys: Think Twice 1983-1995". camh.org. Retrieved November 21, 2023.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Highways, Texas (May 2018). "That Delayed Flight Stressing You Out? Maybe Airport Art Can Calm Your Nerves".
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Burchill, Elle (November 21, 2023). "the-exquisite-moving-corpse". microscopegallery.com. Retrieved November 21, 2023.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ DeLand, Museum of Art (November 21, 2023). "The Exquisite Moving Corpse". moartdeland.org. Retrieved November 21, 2023.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Dellinger, Jade (November 21, 2023). "/2021/04/2021-exhibition-archives/". rauschenberggallery.com. Retrieved November 21, 2023.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Radio, WGCU (November 21, 2023). "Artists William Wegman and Jack Massing Collaborate in New Exhibition at the Bob Rauschenberg Gallery". wgcu.org. Retrieved November 21, 2023.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Histories, Tiny (November 21, 2023). "Episode 2: One man's trash is another man's universe". tinyhistoriespodcast.com. Retrieved November 21, 2023.