The Art Guys
The Art Guys (Michael Galbreth, born 1956 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and Jack Massing, born 1959 in Buffalo, New York) are a collaborative artist team based in Houston, Texas.[1]
History
The Art Guys have worked together since 1983 after meeting while students at the University of Houston. For the exploration of their ideas, they employ a wide variety of media including sculpture, drawing, performances, installations and video.
Described in the New York Times as "a cross between Dada, David Letterman, John Cage and the Smothers Brothers",[2] The Art Guys present a blend of performance, conceptual and visual art that explores the absurdities of contemporary life.
Not Artists
The Art Guys became "not artists" on April 1, 2016 at 12:05 am after 33 years of collaboration. Hallelujah! the blind can see again; the water’s fine.
Selected exhibitions
- "Cloud Cuckoo Land: Selections from 25 years of Drawings, Proposals, Failed Schemes and Pipe Dreams," Galveston Arts Center, 2007-2008
- "The Art Guys: Seeing Double," Tampa Museum of Art, 2007
- "America's Greatest Artists," Galerie Stefan Andersson, 2004
- "SUITS: The Clothes Make the Man," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2001
- "The Art Guys Again and Again," the Tacoma Art Museum, 1999
- "Visualize The Art Guys," Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art and Design, 1996
- "The Art Guys: Think Twice," Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, 1995
- "Flux Attitudes,"The New Museum of Contemporary Art, 1992
- "Project Diomede," P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, 1989
Selected Bibliography
- The Art Guys: Cloud Cuckoo Land (Selections from 25 Years of Drawings, Proposals, Failed Schemes and Pipe Dreams). Galveston, Texas, Galveston Arts Center, 2007.
- Creative Time: The Book. New York, New York, 2006.
- Houston Contemporary Art. Shanghai, Shanghai Art Museum, 2006.
- Suits: The Clothes Make the Man. New York, New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 2000.
- Guinness World Records 2000 Millennium Edition, Britain: Guinness World Records, Ltd., 2000.
- The Art Guys Think Twice. New York, New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1995.
- Autoportraits Contemporains: Here’s Looking At Me. Lyons, France: Espace Lyonnaise d’art Contemporain, 1993.
- FluxAttitudes. New York, New York: The New Museum of Contemporary Art, 1991.
References
- ↑ "The Art Guys at Capp Street Projects" (PDF). CCA Libraries. 1995-07-31. Retrieved 2016-02-04.
- ↑ "AT WORK WITH: The Art Guys; In Performance: Life Imitates Art Imitating Life," Sam Howe Verhovek, New York Times, August 9, 1995. Retrieved on 2008-01-06.