Tuesday, October 5, 2010

Humorous and Thought Provoking: Helmut Smits

The quietly humorous and though provoking world of Helmut Smits:
http://helmutsmits.nl/public-spaces
 
Title: A Plastic Plant Acting Like a Real One by Losing Its Leaves
Year: 2009
Materials: c-print
Dimensions: 81 x 58 cm
A plastic plant as found in the store where I bought it, some of its leaves were already lying on the floor.


Title: Full Colour
Year: 2008
Materials: CMYK soft drinks (Cyan – Gatorade Cool Blue / Magenta – Fernandes Cherry Bouquet /
Yellow – Orangeade / Black – Coca-Cola), jerrycans, socle, cup dispenser
Dimensions: L 45 cm W 95 cm H 140 cm
Photos by Lotte Stekelenburg and FW



Title: Rainbow
Year: 2010
Materials: acrylic paint
Photos by Lotte Stekelenburg




 Title: Territories
Year: 2005
Materials: polystyrene, plywood, acrylic
ING, Puma and Lacoste logos placed on various locations in The Netherlands.


Title: Unseen Works
Year: 2008
Photo by Lotte Stekelenburg
I was asked to do a show at CBK de Krabbedans. They have a collection of 4500 artworks for rent or sale. I asked them to put together a selection of artworks that had been in their collection for quite some time but had never been rented or sold. I then made an exhibition of this selection.

The next few aren't funny, rather an insightful perspective of creative concept.

Title: no title
Year: 2007
Materials: canvas prints
Dimensions: image burqa 150 x 135 cm, image carcover 180 x 135 cm