Michael Jantzen: Deconstructing my Chairs by Bruno David Gallery

M I C H A E L JA N T Z E N DECONSTRUCTING MY CHAIRS

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MICHAEL JANTZEN Deconstrucing My Chairs

November 10 , 2016 - January 7, 2017 Bruno David Gallery 7513 Forsyth Boulevard St. Louis, MO 63105 U.S.A.

info@brunodavidgallery.com www.brunodavidgallery.com Director: Bruno L. David This catalogue was published in conjunction with the exhibition Michael Jantzen: Deconstructing My Chairs Editor: Bruno L. David Catalogue Designer: Ashley Lee and Thomas J. Fruhauf Designer Assistant: Claudia R. David Printed in USA All works courtesy of Michael Jantzen and Bruno David Gallery Cover image:

Deconstructing my Adirondack Chair, 2016 (detail) C-print mounted on aluminum panel Edition of 5 20 x 19 in. (50.8 x 48.3 cm)

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CONTENTS

MICHAEL JANTZEN STATEMENT Afterword BY BRUNO L. DAVID CHECKLIST AND IMAGES OF THE EXHIBITION BIOGRAPHY

MICHAEL JANTZEN: Statement 2

Deconstructing My Chairs, is a series of photomontages that are part of a larger series of photomontages that visually deconstruct parts of the real world that we normally think of as stable and familiar. In this case, photos were taken with a digital camera of various kinds of chairs. These photos were then placed into a computer where they were isolated from their backgrounds. The isolated images were then randomly cut into pieces, and pasted back together in ways that reconstruct the original images into completely new forms. The new forms attempt to suggest ways in which the original chairs might take on new fanciful functions, as well as new hybrid images. The challenge is to retain just enough of the original chair image, so that the viewer can maintain some kind of a reference point of departure from it, to something new. In all of the deconstruction series of photomontages, a simple system of cutting and pasting the images in the computer is invented and maintained throughout the process, so that the artist has the least amount of conscience control over the final outcome. In this way, the final image has a better chance of evolving into something never seen before, because the process in heavily based on editing accidents, rather then creating the image around preconceived ideas.

AFTERWORD BY BRUNO L. DAVID 4

I am pleased to present a new exhibition titled “Deconstructing My Chairs” by Michael Jantzen at the Bruno David Gallery. This is his second exhibition with the gallery. This catalogue also include images of the Deconstructing the House and Deconstructing the Churches series. Deconstructing My Chairs, is a series of photomontages that are part of a larger series of photomontages that visually deconstruct parts of the real world that we normally think of as stable and familiar. The images were randomly cut into pieces, and pasted back together in ways that reconstruct the original images into completely new forms. The new forms attempt to suggest ways in which the original chairs might take on new fanciful functions, as well as new hybrid images. The challenge is to retain just enough of the original chair image, so that the viewer can maintain some kind of a reference point of departure from it, to something new. His work has been featured in a multitude of books, magazines and newspapers including, Wallpaper, Architecture Magazine, Architectural Digest, The AIA Journal, House & Garden, Popular Science, Domus, Elle Décor, Esquire, Dwell, Metropolis, Art Forum, Newsweek, The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, The New York Daily News, The Chicago Tribune, Der Spiegel, The Washington Star, The Kansas City Star, The Detroit Free Press, The Tampa Tribune, and The St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Some of the books include, “Architecture in the United States”, “Architecture Now”, “Architecture in the 20TH Century”, “The 21st Century House”, “Brave New Houses”, “Architecture Art, High Tech”, “The Solar Living Source Book”, and the “Atlas of Eco-Architecture”. It has exhibited at the National Building Museum, the Canadian Center for Architecture, the Harvard School of Design and Architecture, the Russian Institute of Architecture, and at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Michael Jantzen received his B.S. (Fine Arts) from Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville, and his M.F.A. (Fine Arts, Multi Media) from Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO. He lives, and works in Santa Fe, NM and St. Louis, MO. Support for the creation of significant new works of art has been the core to the mission and program of the Bruno David Gallery since its founding in 2005. I am deeply grateful to Ashley Lee and Thomas J. Fruhauf, who gave much time, talent, and expertise to the production of this catalogue. Invaluable gallery staff support for the exhibition was provided by Cleo Azariadis, Ashley Lee, Xizi Liu, Marisa Drewes, Charis Schneider, and Paula Stevenson.

CHECKLIST & IMAGES OF THE EXHIBITION

Deconsturcting my Wassily Chair, 2016 C- Print (Unique) 40 x 38 inches & 20 x 19 inches (101.6 x 96.5 cm & 50.8 x 48.3 cm)

Deconsturcting my Wicker Chair, 2016 C- Print (Unique) 40 x 38 inches & 20 x 19 inches (101.6 x 96.5 cm & 50.8 x 48.3 cm)

Deconsturcting my Pool Lounge Chair, 2016 C- Print 28 x 40 incehs & 14 x 20 inches (71.1 x 101.6 cm & 35.6 x 50.8 cm)

Deconsturcting my Eames Chair, 2016 C- Print 40 x 36 inches & 20 x 18 inches (101.6 x 91.4 cm & 50.8 x 45.7 cm)

Deconsturcting my Blue Metal Chair, 2016 C- Print 40 x 38 inches & 20 x 19 inches (101.6 x 96.5 cm & 50.8 x 48.3 cm)

Deconstructing my Adrondack Chair, 2016 C- Print 40 x 38 inches & 20 x 19 inches (101.6 x 96.5 cm & 50.8 x 48.3 cm)

Deconsturcting My Camping Chair, 2016 C- Print 40 x 38 inches & 20 x 19 inches (101.6 x 96.5 cm & 50.8 x 48.3 cm)

Deconstructing My Lawn Chair, 2016 C- Print 40 x 38 inches & 20 x 19 inches (101.6 x 96.5 cm & 50.8 x 48.3 cm)

Deconstructing my Big Orange Plasitc Chair, 2016 C- Print 40 x 38 inches & 20 x 19 inches (101.6 x 96.5 cm & 50.8 x 48.3 cm)

Deconstructing my Folding Chair, 2016 C- Print 40 x 38 inches & 20 x 19 inches (101.6 x 96.5 cm & 50.8 x 48.3 cm)

Michael Jantzen: Deconstructing my Chairs, Bruno David Gallery 2016, (Installation view)

Deconstructing the House 12, 2016 C- Print 30 x 40 inches & 15 x 20 inches (76.2 x 101.6 cm & 38.1 x 50.8 cm)

Deconstructing the Churches, 2016 C- Print 32 x 40 inches & 16 x 20 inches (81.3 x 101.6 cm & 40.6 x 50.8 cm)

Deconsturcting the Churches 1, 2016 C- Print 40 x 28 inches & 20 x 14 inches (101.6 x 71.1 cm & 50.8 x 35.6 cm)

Deconsturcting the House 9, 2016 C- Print 30 x 40 inches & 15 x 20 inches (76.2 x 101.6 cm & 38.1 x 50.8 cm)

Deconsturcting the Churches 7, 2016 C- Print 40 x 30 inches & 20 x 15 inches (101.6 x 76.2 cm & 50.8 x 38.1 cm)

Deconsturcting the Churches 6, 2016 C- Print 30 x 40 inches & 15 x 20 inches (76.2 x 101.6 cm & 38.1 x 50.8 cm)

Deconstructing the Churches 9, 2016 C- Print 40 x 34 inches & 20 x 17 inches (101.6 x 86.4 cm & 50.8 x 43.2 cm)

Deconstructing the Churches 8, 2016 C- Print 38 x 38 inches & 19 x 19 inches (96.5 x 96.5 cm & 48.3 x 48.3 cm)

Deconsturcting the House 4, 2016 C- Print 30 x 40 inches & 15 x 20 inches (76.2 x 101.6 cm & 38.1 x 50.8 cm)

Deconstructing the House 1, 2016 C- Print 30 x 40 inches & 15 x 20 inches (76.2 x 101.6 cm & 38.1 x 50.8 cm)

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ARTISTS Laura Beard Heather Bennett Lisa K. Blatt Michael Byron Bunny Burson Judy Child Carmon Colangelo Alex Couwenberg Jill Downen Yvette Drury Dubinsky Damon Freed Douglass Freed Ellen Jantzen

Michael Jantzen Kelley Johnson Howard Jones (Estate) Chris Kahler Xizi Liu Kahlil Irving Bill Kohn (Estate) Leslie Laskey Yvonne Osei Patricia Olynyk Gary Passanise Judy Pfaff

Charles P. Reay Daniel Raedeke Tom Reed Frank Schwaiger Charles Schwall Christina Shmigel Thomas Sleet Shane Simmons Buzz Spector Cindy Tower Ann Wimsatt Monika Wulfers