Archive for the ‘Sculptures’ Category
Plant Face Series Masks
Masks are the new platform. Here are three from Jon’s 2010 Plant Face Series. They are made of real and fake leather, stones, studs, cardboard and elastic ribbon. Clover (gold), Clover (green) and Nettles each measure 25 x 30 cm and can be purchased for 750 € by contacting sales [at] heliumcowboy [dot] [com].
Thursday Morning Sneak Peeks
I’m not typically too fond of sneak peeks, but I’m on a roll this morning here, and I thought you could all use a bit of delayed gratification. What you’re looking at above is a mysterious object sent directly by Jon (origin and provenance as yet unknown) book-ended by two plush sculptures by the always-awesome Felt Mistress courtesy of her Flickr page. The plushes are set to be revealed at Jon’s upcoming (May 14th) Brain Drain show at the Winchester Discovery Centre. Of all the flurry of Burger activity across the pond lately, this is the show I’d like to go to most. Please send over the private jet, thanks.
Custom Piggy Bank
A basic Google search never fails to unearth something Jon Burgerman doodled while I blinked to sneeze. Right here we have a goodie from the Spanish Piggy Bank Blog that was originally uploaded in December of 2008. It’s a ceramic piggy bank. Banks are a new item for the artkive, hooray! Here’s some bilingual bits about the project:
What is a Piggy Bank? ¿Que es un Piggy Bank?
Its a ceramic pot in the shape of a pig with a slot on the top so you can store your coins. Es un recipiente de ceramica en forma de cerdito con una ranura en la parte superior para almacenar monedas.
What is it for? ¿Para que sirve?
Its used to teach children the value of money and the illusion to be able to buy something special and a litlle more expensive with the money saved up. Se utiliza para enseñar a los niños el valor del dinero y la ilusion de ahorrar para comprar algo mas caro con el dinero ahorrado.
How is it used? ¿Como se utiliza?
The idea is not to be able to access the money inside the pig untill the day comes when you wish to buy your object wich you have saved up for. To do this you must brake the pig. La idea es no poder acceder al dinero dentro del cerdito hasta el dia que deseas comprar el objeto por el cual has ahorrado.
How is it made? ¿Como esta hecho?
Its handmade in ceramic. Artesanalmente en ceramica.
Made in Spain not in China. Hecho en España no en China.
Made by an adult not a child. Realizado por un adulto, no un niño
Why this website? ¿Por qué esta web?
The idea is to create the biggest collection of pigs in the world. La idea es crear la colección mas grande de cerditos del mundo.
The idea, website, logo and othe bits and bobs are by… La idea, web, logo y otras cosillas han sido creadas por…
James Marr.
The exhibit for which the pigs were being customized has already happened, and it looks like (sadly) the website has not been updated in a while. You can still download the piggy bank template to design your own here.
Customized Nesting Dolls
An innovative fan brought a set of nesting dolls to Jon’s Kidrobot London signing, and here are the jealousy-inducing results. For a roundup of all the unusual objects Jon doodled that evening, click here.
Customized LOST Statue
Thanks to the quick twitpic action of Ryan Crippen, and despite the best red herrings of Mr. Jon Burgerman, here’s a photo of Jon’s contribution to Gallery1988’s LOST Underground Art Project show. The poster project parked at Damon, Carlton and a Polar Bear.com has been leading up to the show that caused a rumored 15 people to sleep outside the LA gallery last night. It was only recently that I found out my friends at Pretty In Plastic had sculpted and cast LOST statues for customization by great artists. “What lies in the shadow of the statue?” you ask? Doodles, in part. The statue is hand-painted resin, and it’s in terrific company with customs by Reactor88, Motorbot, Jesse Hernandez, kaNO, Dave Pressler, Brent Nolasco, Nemo and 64colors to name a few. (And that doesn’t even begin to cover the 2D art by Alex Pardee et al.) Love the TV show, the artists, the sculptors and the gallery. The only misfire in this whole process was G1988 holding it in their LA gallery rather than their sister gallery in San Francisco! Ryan posted the first images of the customs, and until they get bumped by newer twitpics, you can see them here. G1988 will surely have a subdomain up with all of the art and prices sometime very soon.
Full Metal Spread of Cheeseys
Remember our heavy metal friend, Cheesey? Jon’s all-metal sculpture finally gets a proper release from FullyVisual in the complete color spectrum of brass antique, black nickel, copper antique, silver antique and gold. The silver edition (modeled below with my cat) was previously available only through Burgerplex. Each of the 5 colorways will now be available at FV online for $120 each in an edition of 20 pieces beginning tomorrow, Thursday, at 10AM PST. Cheesey comes with a metal cheese accessory and is about 3.5 inches tall. What’s your favorite flavor?
Giant Foam Monkey Sculpture
It’s time to get that monkey off your back…patio. And onto maybe a suburban lawn. Or really hip miniature golf course. Factory Fresh has got this massive monkey designed by Jon in conjunction with local expert, Maritza. The monkey is made of foam, though not this kind of foam. It’s polystyrene with a resin coating. The sculpture features a motion sensor and light-up eyes. Says Jon, “You drop in jokes, wishes, etc.” With its outdoor paint, you could really make a statement in your subdivision with this one. $1,650 here.
Metal Cheesey Sculpture From FullyVisual
Jon is about to join the respectable ranks of the FullyVisual roster with this hand-cast limited edition metal “Cheesey” figure. I’ve been waiting patiently as some other awesome artists (see also FullyVisual figures by Joe Ledbetter, Bwana Spoons, Buff Monster, Huck Gee, Gary Baseman, Frank Kozik, Luke Chueh and Amanda Visell) got their characters rendered in metal, all the while suspecting Jon’s time would come. The time is now (or more accurately, “coming soon”).
The Cheesey figure is 3.5 inches tall and features a metal cheese accessory. I can’t imagine it’s an easy task to represent Jon’s characters in a medium like metal, so I eagerly await seeing one in hand. Like the rest of FV’s figures, I suspect the edition of 100 pieces will feature 99 siver and 1 chase gold. You can get one now at Burgerplex for £70, but Jon assures me that for those of us in countries with weak dollars, FullyVisual will also be offering them in USD soon. And bonus for you metalheads, may I suggest pairing it with this pendant from Metal For Monsters?
Anserine Apparitions
Entitled Anserine Apparitions, Jon’s exhibition in Hamburg, Germany “offer[ed] viewers the chance to devise and enjoy their own modern day pareidolia and non-religious apparitions.” Pareidolia (says Wikipedia) describes a psychological phenomenon involving a vague and random stimulus (often an image or sound) being perceived as significant. Common examples include images of animals or faces in clouds, the man in the moon and hidden messages on records played in reverse. Anserine (says the Dictionary) is an adjective indicating stupidity or a marked lack of intellectual activity. Finally, Apparitions are things that appear, often suddenly and unusually, sometimes linked to ghosts or specters. Anserine apparitions have become a part of popular culture. In fact, anserine Internet casino Golden Palace kicked off a firestorm of pareidolia when they purchased a $28,000 grilled cheese sandwich on which there was an apparition of The Virgin Mary. In a bizarre yet intriguing PR move, Golden Palace has continued to grow their collection. Read about that here. Now that you have a bit of context for the vocabulary, back to Burgerman! Here’s how he described the show:
The psychological phenomenon of pareidolia and related apophenia is the experience of seeing patterns and connections in seemingly meaningless data or forms. Apparitions are a form of this, people often seeing religious forms in their tea-leaves or statues crying. The show will feature drawings, paintings and mini-idols, in the hope that visitors may have their own invented experiences. The audience are also invited to contribute an object to a shrine of anserine apparitions:
Resin Sculptures for Anserine Apparitions
I already wrote up the awesome Anserine Apparitions show, but with all that’s going on with resin these days, Jon’s resin figures deserve a spotlight post of their own. Seen here are six figures from Jon’s August 30th, 2008 show at heliumcowboy artspace in Hamburg. In fact, you can see the entire collection (and a pricelist on remaining work) here. Each 25×33 cm. (9.8 x 13 inches) expanded polystyrene, resin, emulsion paint and acrylic paint figure is 380 Euros (~$508 USD). Individually, they are:
- The Bulb (Not Energy Saving)
- The Cat (Lucky Landing)
- The Mouse (Taker of Cheese)
- The Goblet (Half Empty)
- The Flip (aka The Nipple)
- The Peas (From Different Pods)
Congrats to whoever owns these beauties.
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