Summary
Seth Wulsin (born April 15, 1981, in Spring Valley, NY) is an independent journalist [1][better source needed] and contemporary artist working primarily with space, time and light through large-scale, site-specific, ephemeral sculpture, drawing and architectural performance.[2][better source needed]
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 edit
- ^ Seth Wulsin, The Colombian Government’s War on Protesters, Jacobin, June 12, 2021.
- ^ a b Quiles, Daniel (11 November 2010). "Interview with Seth Wulsin". Magazine Art21. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
- ^ Caroline Winter, With a Hammer, Finding Ghosts in the Glass, The New York Times, August 5, 2007.
- ^ Soledad Barruti, El zoo de Cristal, Pagina/12, October 3, 2010.
- ^ El cristal con sue se mira, Clarín, May 16, 2011.
- ^ Krystal Baugher, Shades of White, Boulder Weekly, July 7, 2011.
External links edit
- 'Corrections and Collections', Places Journal
- 'In Memory of State Terror', Pagina/12
- Smithsonian Magazine
- Artists in Latin America
- 'ArteBA Un "Blooper" de Macri', Clarín
- 'La carta del artista', Pagina/12
- Macri Breaks Wulsin Sculpture at ArteBA