Jason Rhoades
Jason Fayette Rhoades (born July 9, 1965 in Newcastle, Placer County , California , † August 1, 2006 in Los Angeles ) was an American artist. Rhoades was known for his spectacular room installations and expansive productions.
Life
Rhoades, son of a Californian farming family, first attended the California College of Arts and Crafts (CCAC) in Oakland (1985–1986), the San Francisco Art Institute (SFAI) (1986–1988), the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture in Skowhegan (1988) and studied a. a. with Paul McCarthy at UCLA (1991-1993). After his first solo exhibition in 1993 at the renowned David Zwirner Gallery in New York , he also achieved his international breakthrough. His works have been shown primarily in Europe, such as in the Kunsthalle Basel , Villa Arson (Nice), Kunsthalle Zürich , Hamburger Kunsthalle , Museum of Modern Art (Frankfurt / M.), Museo Reina Sofía (Madrid) and in the Kunsthalle Wien . Objects are installed in all renowned museums in the world. In 2001 he was a visiting professor at the Städel School in Frankfurt held and presented in Art Container portico in Frankfurt the "Costner Complex".
In 1999 he implemented the monumental object sculpture “Perfect World”, consisting of aluminum beams and wooden platforms, in a spacious setting in the Hamburg Deichtorhallen . For example, he constructed a huge phallus and presented fluorescent tubes, all of which formed a different word for the female genitalia. In 2002 he presented the “PeaRoeFoam” sculpture made from dried peas, salmon eggs and expanded polystyrene. His object “Garage Renovation New York” is a gigantic hodgepodge of everyday objects, toys and tools, garbage and waste paper; it was shown in 2004 at the opening of Friedrich Christian Flick's art collection in the Hamburger Bahnhof - Museum für Gegenwart in Berlin . Rhoades has inspired numerous other young artists with his work.
Rhoades, who lived and worked in Los Angeles, died suddenly of heart failure at the age of 41 at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center , Los Angeles. He leaves behind his wife, the artist Rachel Khedoori and his daughter Rubi.
Exhibitions
- In 2007 his works were exhibited at the Venice Biennale .
- 2014: Jason Rhoades. Four Roads , Kunsthalle Bremen , Bremen.
Quotes
" To juggle the impossible was always an issue throughout my work - to take three objects, like a rubber ball, a chain saw and a live African elephant and try to juggle. "
literature
- Ralf Beil: Artistic kitchen: food as art material from Schiele to Jason Rhoades. DuMont, Cologne 2002, ISBN 3-8321-5947-9 .
Web links
- Jason Rhoades (David Zwirner Gallery)
- Jason Rhoades at Hauser & Wirth Zurich London
- Jason Rhoades BFA 1988 - San Francisco Art Institute. In: sfai.edu. web.archive.org, archived from the original on December 20, 2010 (tabular curriculum vitae up to 2001).
- “The World Builder - Chaos and Consumption: On the Death of the American Installation Artist Jason Rhoades” , Der Tagesspiegel , August 4, 2006
- "Jason Rhoades, 41 Maker of Transgressive Installation Is Dead," , New York Times , August 5 2006
Individual evidence
- ↑ "Obituary. Jason Rhoades' , The Guardian , August 12, 2006
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Rhoades, Jason |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Rhoades, Jason Fayette (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 9, 1965 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Newcastle, Placer County , California |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 1, 2006 |
| Place of death | los Angeles |