ARTHUR ALLAN: CITY HALL

 

     
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ARTHUR ALLAN CITY HALL
Isn't It Obvious?
SFArts Commission Gallery
January 21 - April 2, 2011


Arthur Allan through a series of actions will investigate the unoccupied open space of San Francisco civic buildings. In this series of interactions the pair will make use of the banal and the mundane, producing video works and sculptures that investigate the civic aesthetic and its function.

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Sculpture    
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City Hall Installation 2011
3 Channel Video Installation with Sculptures constructed with materials from Civic Building storage.

     
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Can Flag Can 2011
faux wood grain trash cans and flag poles found in the Veterans Building storage
23” x 16” x 64.5”

     
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Desk on Desk on Desk 2011
borrowed civic desks found in Veterans Building storage
33.5” x 60” x 90.5”

     
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Videos    
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CITY HALL 2011
three-channel video.
Edition 1 of 5


 

 

     
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City Hall Hand Sanitizer - 1min 4 sec

 
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Statuary (Proposed Civic Sculpture Arthur Allan) - 3 min 30 sec

 
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Allan on Henry Moore - 1 min 30 sec

 
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Arthur on Peter Voulkus - 1 min 32 sec

 
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Variable Speed - 1 min 21 sec

Movements on Possible Judd - 1 min

 
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Break - 45 sec


Around the Water Cooler - 1 min 6 sec

 
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Books by Allan on Arthur - 3 min

Books by Arthur on Allan - 2 min 29 sec

 
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Processing Civic Sculpture - 2 min 10 sec

     

COMPLETE VIDEO LIST 2011

City Hall Hand Sanitizer - 1min 4 sec
Conference - 1 min 30 sec
Processing Civic Sculpture - 2 min 10 sec
Arthur on Peter Voulkus - 1 min 32 sec
Communication - 46 sec
Impossible Corners - 1 min 55 sec
Sanitize Arthur - 29 sec
Split - 1 min 9 sec
Sit Don't Sit - 2 min 4 sec
Allan on Henry Moore - 1 min 30 sec
Variable Speed - 1 min 21 sec
Around the Water Cooler - 1 min 6 sec
Books by Allan on Arthur - 3 min
Books by Arthur on Allan - 2 min 29 sec
Sanitize Allan - 18 sec
Sit / Lie (Honest Abe) - 1 min 19 sec
Stairs - 1 min 2 sec
Movements on Possible Judd - 1 min
Break - 45 sec
Statuary (Proposed Civic Sculpture Arthur Allan) - 3 min 30 sec
Wall Walk - 23 sec

     
Bios:    

Arthur Allan is not the first or last name of the participants, but rather the middle names and common ground between
Brion Arthur Nuda Rosch and Christopher Allan Sollars. The meeting of their two practices is similar to other duos: Fischli and Weiss, Gilbert and George, Abbott and Costello, and Laurel and Hardy. Making work and interventions that respond to the mundane and everyday, the duo utilizes materials and ideas with basic common logic and care.

San Francisco based artist, Brion Nuda Rosch is originally from Chicago and is self-taught. He has recently participated in numerous exhibitions including It's Not Me, It's You and IEG at the San Jose Institute for Contemporary Art, Trace Elements at the San Francisco Arts Commission, Grounded at Southern Exposure and HOT & COLD: The End is Here at Baer Ridgway Exhibitions. His work has also recently been featured in both Picnic Magazine and Appendix Magazine. Expanding the role of the artist, Rosch has curated several spaces including Hallway Projects, Adobe Books and Mimi Barr. Brion Nuda Rosch recently received a 2009 Artadia Award and had a solo exhibition at Baer Ridgway Exhibitions November 21st, 2009 - January 2nd, 2010. Please visit: http://brionnudarosch.com/