Wednesday, July 14, 2010

Bootleg Equivalent VIII, VHS cases, 2010






As a multidisciplinary artist I often employ drawing and the exploration of nominated objects. It is common practice for me to copy from pre existing images whose content would create an intrinsic bond between the pieces elements. My interest in creating this unity within my work takes inspiration from vintage minimal and conceptual artists such as Carl Andre. Taking the concept of copying from already existing material and the opportunity to pick up pirate videos from the market place I have made a Bootleg copy of Andre’s 1966 Equivalent VIII, an arrangement of fire bricks laid out in a rectangular block, currently on display in the Tate Modern.

All images copyright Richard Shields.