Tyson Grumm "Contrapparatus"

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Tyson Grumm’s “Contrapparatus” is inspired by legendary Reuben Garrett Lucius Goldberg, aka Rube Goldberg. A sculptor, author, engineer, and inventor, Goldberg became famous when the newspapers of New York published his cartoons of absurd inventions in the early 1900s.

Grumm and Goldberg share in their unyielding drive to push the limits of the practical and improve upon systems, if only for the sake of absurd theatrics. Grumm’s style of surrealism shines in a world of ongoing creation and imagination, where the ideology of constant modification regardless of logical purpose takes hold. Of course, the laws of reality might limit any real application of these strange contraptions, however, art is where those limits can be ignored for the pursuit of beauty, humor, delight, and curiosity.

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Putting Lipstick on a Pig-Pen, acrylic on panel, 14.5 x 15 in, $3,000.00

Bovine Gliding Apparatus, acrylic on panel, 14.75 x 15 in, $3,000.00

Duck, Duck, Goose, acrylic on panel, 30 x 43 in, $12,000.00

Subwoofer, acrylic on panel, 24 x 32 in, $8,000.00

Zoo4U (Miniaturized Transient Zoo Enclosure), acrylic on panel, 15 x 15 in, $3,000.00

Kinetic Banter Lid, acrylic on panel, 9 x 34 in, $3,600.00

Huge-Ass Rocket, acrylic on panel, 15 x 15.5 in, $3,000.00

White Pine Mishmash Distilling Invention, acrylic on panel, 24 x 29 in, $8,000.00

Arctic Time Traveler, acrylic on panel, 15 x 15 in, $3,000.00

Ham-mock, acrylic on panel, 18 x 18 in, $3,800.00

Pachydermian Dinghy Dress, acrylic on panel, 19 x 21 in, $4,200.00

Bathippo, acrylic on panel, 13 x 19 in, $3,400.00

Hippo-tonomous Vehicle, acrylic on panel, 19 x 19 in, $4,000.00

Aquarivan, acrylic on panel, 18 x 18 in, $3,800.00

Smokestack (To Limit Eye Irritation), acrylic on panel, 15 x 15 in, $3,000.00

Chairatee with a Chairatee Case, acrylic on panel, 17.5 x 14.5 in, $3,200.00

Moo-bile Home Cowavan, acrylic on panel, 15 x 52 in, $8,300.00

Classic Ungulader Shader, acrylic on panel, 21 x 19 in, $4,200.00

Long Distance Roaming (Hibernation Announcement Device), acrylic on panel, 15 x 17 in, $3,200.00

Organic Milkshake Maker, acrylic on panel, 15 x 17 in, $3,200.00

Experimental Helio-Lift with Smooth Operator, acrylic on panel, 26 x 41 in, $10,000.00

Sub-Artic Hover Raft, acrylic on panel, 15 x 18 in, $3,400.00

The Stubbord Robostrich, acrylic on panel, 14.5 x 17.5 in, $3,400.00

Vintage Chook Stacker, acrylic on panel, 15 x 15 in, $3,000.00

The Bouncy Step Assister, acrylic on panel, 15 x 15 in, $3,000.00

Inflation, acrylic on panel, 26 x 29 in, $8,000.00

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