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Short, Fuzzy, Unshaven (often changing), Cubbie, Tattoos, Kooky, Witty (sarcastic), Charming at Times, Old Fashioned Sometimes, a Talker, a Listener, I ask a lot of Q?’s, Polite, Romantic in a Corny Way, not Hallmark Though, Goofball, not a Rocket Scientist more of an Art Teacher, Close to my Family, Love Animals(especially other peoples), I have the Travel Bug, a bit of an Elvis Costello/Joe 90/Jewish Looking Guy.
Blank Gift by Tobias Wong, 1998.
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This weekend is the last chance to see this show….
Tobias Wong's Vancouver: A look at the city behind the artist Read it on Global News: Global BC | Tobias Wong's Vancouver: A look at the city behind the artist
Vancouver-born, New York-based artist Tobias Wong was a rising star in the art world before his death in 2010.
Named Donald at birth, known to his friends as Tobi, Wong often referred to himself as a “paraconceptualist”- one who breaks down barriers between art and design.
Wong’s work looked at consumer culture and poked fun at society’s need to spend extravagantly on frivolous objects. Wong wrapped dollar store items in priceless works of art, had tooth picks plated in silver, and made notepads out of dollar bills.
Pushing boundaries and challenging perceptions about everyday objects was what he did best, all with his trademark wit and absurdity.
Wong earned instant celebrity in design circles for his high profile stunts. He intercepted a designer chair before its debut and turned it into a lamp. He put together all the items needed for a one-of-a-kind store, complete with limited- edition items by artists and designers, with logos, and stationery, but the doors would never open.
Despite his international appeal, Wong was a homebody who used the city as his studio. He was at his best roaming the streets of Chinatown, digging through bargain bins and always hunting for materials on eBay for his next creation.
OBJECT(ing)
Last Story is about Tobias Wong Show, OBJECT(ing).
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At Vancouver I love you but….
Vancouver I Love You But…
Inhabiting Vancouver is like being in a relationship with a beautiful and popular lover who irritates, wounds and drives you crazy. As any relationship counselor will agree, it’s just not healthy to keep these hurt feelings inside.
Now Museum of Vancouver presents Vancouver I Love You But… an evening of urban talk therapy.
Date: Friday, January 25, 2013
Time: Doors/Ranter’s Lounge at 6:00pm, Performance begins at 7:00pm
Location: Museum of Vancouver
Admission: $12 early bird (before Jan 11) | $15 | $12 MOV members
Purchase: http://vancouveriloveyoubut.eventbrite.comWhether it’s architecture, style, racism, the weather, street manners or the state of arts and culture, noted Vancouverites and regular citizens will open up and share their grievances about the most livable city in the world. The truth may hurt. Or it may make us laugh until we hurt. Either way, our travelling relationship counselor—Scottish performance artist Adrian Howells—will help us process our anger and move to a healthier relationship with the city.
Featuring rants by:
-Stephen Quinn: Host, CBC Radio’s On The Coast
-Sam Sullivan: Former Mayor of Vancouver and Adjunct Professor at the University of British Columbia.
-Tami Knight: artist, mountaineer and a circus trainer.
-Watermelon: nudist, baker, comic, licorice pusher, high functioning stoner/pin up girl.
-Brandon Yan: urbanist and mega-tweeter @pre_planner.
-Kevin Chong: author of four books, most recently the novel Beauty Plus Pity, and the memoir My Year of the Racehorse.
-Mack Flavelle: Creator of stories, software, communities and the future.
-Amber Dawn: author of Lambda Award-winning novel Sub Rosa (2010), and editor of the anthologies Fist of the Spider Woman: Tales of Fear and Queer Desire (2009) and co-editor of With a Rough Tongue (2005).…and you!
*Don’t miss the Ranters’ Lounge from 6-7pm, complete with cash bar, sad-face photo booth, accordion dirge by Barbara Adler and side-splitting show from our friends at Definitely Raining.
This event is inspired by Object(ing), the MOV’s exhibition of art and design work by Tobias Wong. The last piece Wong created before his death in 2010 was a riff on the LCD Sound System song, “New York I love you but you’re bringing me down.” Wong wove that message in Morse Code into the structure of a floor-to-ceiling bead pendant. The message embodied the ambivalence that so many of us feel for the cities we love.
The late Tobias Wong’s work has seduced, fascinated, outraged, and inspired observers, but the artist is no longer here to explain himself. What were the conceptual origins of his work? What inspired him? What shaped him? How does his work continue to influence other creators today?
Join MOV Curator of Contemporary Issues, Viviane Gosselin, and Content Advisor Pablo Griff on a tour of the first large-scale exhibition of Tobias Wong’s enchanting work.
Date: Curator’s Talk & Tours take place the first Thursday of every month.
Time: 7:00pm
Cost: Included with Admission | MOV Members attend Free
It’s a great time to become a member! More information at MOV’s membership page
