| Pencils,
wooden broom parts, graphite on paper, 50" x
20" x 3" (broom) 32" x 200" (paper)
2006.
Oxbow
School Visiting Artists Fall 2006
"The Art Guys (Michael Galbreth and Jack Massing)
who began working together at the University of Houston
in 1983, have carefully crafted a presence and wacky
notoriety that places them at the heart of the Houston
art scene and has captured the attention of a national
audience. Driven by an insatiable curiosity, they
employ a variety of media for the exploration of their
ideas including drawing, painting, sculpture, installation,
performance and video. The Art Guys create diverse
works designed to engage, amuse and challenge viewers
by seducing them with a playful sense of humor.
Described in the New York Times as "a cross between
Dada, David Letterman, John Cage and the Smothers
Brothers", The Art Guys are the court jesters
of the postmodern age. The Art Guys present a blend
of performance, conceptual and visual art that explores
the absurdities of contemporary life and pokes fun
at the art world.
All told, The Art Guys defy categorization, they represent
a kink in the art historical continuum - a hiccup,
a scratch that can't be itched. They have amused,
irritated, enchanted and befuddled viewers with their
deadpan humor and irreverent antics. Regardless of
how they are remembered in the annals of American
art, their audience will never be the same."
- from "The Art Guys: KIT AND CABOODLE"
Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, 1999
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