The Art Guys
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The Art Guys (Michael Galbreth, born 1956 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and Jack Massing, born 1960 in Buffalo, New York) are a collaborative artist team based in Houston, Texas.
History
The Art Guys have worked together since 1983 after meeting while students at the University of Houston. For the exploration of their ideas, they employ a wide variety of media including sculpture, drawing, performances, installations and video.
Described in the New York Times as "a cross between Dada, David Letterman, John Cage and the Smothers Brothers",[1] The Art Guys present a blend of performance, conceptual and visual art that explores the absurdities of contemporary life.
Selected Exhibitions
"Cloud Cuckoo Land: Selections from 25 years of Drawings, Proposals, Failed Schemes and Pipe Dreams," Galveston Arts Center (currently traveling), 2007-2008
"The Art Guys: Seeing Double," Tampa Museum of Art, 2007
"America's Greatest Artists," Galerie Stefan Andersson, 2004
"SUITS: The Clothes Make the Man," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2001
"The Art Guys Again and Again," the Tacoma Art Museum, 1999
"Visualize The Art Guys," Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art and Design, 1996
"The Art Guys: Think Twice," Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, 1995
"Flux Attitudes,"The New Museum of Contemporary Art, 1992
"Project Diomede," P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, 1989
[www.theartguys.com] contains a digital record of all their happenings.
Related Links
Capp Street Residency
Neiman Marcus
List of University of Houston People
- ^ "AT WORK WITH: The Art Guys; In Performance: Life Imitates Art Imitating Life," Sam Howe Verhovek, The New York Times, August 9, 1995.