Художница из США Эрика Ирис Симмонс (Erika Iris Simmons) изветсная также
под псевдонимом iri5, создаёт невероятно талантливые работы используя
при этом ауди и видео плёнки.
На своём официальном сайте
www.iri5.com, она признаётся что специально нигде не училась и является
самоучкой. Эрике 26 лет и в 2006 году она закончила Вашингтонский
университет в Сент-Луисе по специальности «русский язык».
Ее
работы отличаются уникальным и инновационным стилем, ориентированным на
утилизации найденных материалов, таких, как старые кассеты, видеокассеты
и подержанные книги. Эти материалы являются отличным выбором для
широкого круга проектов и целей. Эрика Ирис Симонс была также показана в
газетах и журналах по всему миру.
Прекрасные
произведения из старых кассет
Kung Fu Cassette Did
some work last year for Jung v. Matt am Neckar (German ad agency)… this
was a promo for a radio station. I sculpted the cassette into designs
by their art director and then sent the tape sculptures to the agency
where they were photographed and made über nice-looking.
Lauryn Hill Cassette
tape on canvas, 2010. Love her voice.
The Hendrix Experience Cassette
tape on canvas with soundwaves. For Anthony.
Jerry Garcia Live Jerry
Garcia revisited… I think its a bit better than my last attempt. Mix
tape at the bottom. Cassette on canvas, 2010.
Bob Marley Great
start to the year! The cassette case is painted very lightly, so you
can still read "Bob Marley and the Wailers : Birth of a Legend” on the
case. Wanted to do something a little fun…Cassette tape on canvas, 2010.
Audrey Reclining A
really big Audrey Hepburn made entirely out of donated, recycled 8mm
film. This piece will be on display at the Peninsula Art School in Fish
Creek, WI for a show called "The Medium is the Message” opening April
16th… I’ll be attending the reception on April 17th and I welcome
anyone in the area to stop by.
Bon Jovi Bon
Jovi tribute with original "Slippery When Wet” cassette, for Luiz. (I
used just a little bit of red paint on this one to show the bandana,
the rest is all cassette.) On canvas, 2009 : ) P.S. I recently got an
SLR Rebel, and I can’t believe the difference in quality in the
photographs when compared to what a was using – a Canon powershot! Much
better!
Betty Page Recycled
16mm film. on canvas.
Van Morrison Cassette
tape portrait of Van Morrison, on canvas. Paper collage background is
composed of articles and interviews related to his career.
The Clash London
Calling. Cassette tape on canvas, for Sam.
Tom Waits Tom Waits out
of cassette, on canvas. Love it or hate it…
Paul Griffiths Cassette
tape on canvas. Made for cover of Tick Magazine, UK.
Jimi Hendrix Jimi
Hendrix out of cassette, commission (cassette is real, no paint, no
photoshop)
Janis
Joplin Free
custom art gift for my girl Aisyah in Switzerland. She was the winner
of a recent contest, and Janis Joplin was her selection for a piece. I
really appreciate your support! Thanks! Cassette on canvas.
Bob Dylan Bob Dylan,
cassette on canvas.
Sicktape 2 First cover
art. 2009
Robert Smith Robert
Smith from the Cure, cassette on canvas, commission, Definitely the best
hair.
Nick Cave Cassette tape
on canvas, for Monica in Munich, a surprise birthday present.
Michael Jackson Tribute
to Michael Jackson, cassette tape on canvas.
Lenny Kravitz For my
friend Federica in Roma… Cassette tape on canvas.
Marilyn Monroe Marilyn
Monroe coming out of old 8mm film reel, recycled film on canvas.
Ian Brown Ian Brown of
Stone Roses, cassette on canvas.
Ian Astbury Quickie
for a friend… I wear my sunglasses at night : ) Gonna be a surprise for
someone’s b-day. He still needs a bit of a haircut… Gotta tame the mane.
Jerry Garcia Gift for
my cousin in St. Louis… cassette tape on canvas.
Albert Einstein Space-time
cowboy. Recycled 8mm film on canvas with reel and clock parts.
Ian Curtis Ian
Curtis (late singer of Joy Division) out of cassette with passover
lyrics "This is the crisis I knew had to come, destroying the balance
I’d kept. Turning around to the next set of lives, wondering what will
come next…” The newspaper collage in the background was from a paper
dating from the year Joy Division was formed.
The Dude Abides VHS
tape on canvas.
Beat Boxers Same ad
campaign.
About the designerErika Iris
Simmons (26) is a self-taught artist from Georgia. She
graduated from Washington University in St. Louis, 2006, with a degree
in Russian. She tries to express an idea, through the arrangement of
very common things, with the hope that some messages will be conveyed
without words. She loves nostalgia of the archaic and hopes that not
everything which has outlived its use goes to waste. Last ClickFernando Valenzuela And
something different for a change: "Fernando Valenzuela made entirely
out of the innards of a single baseball… A few weeks ago I posted on my
website a wishlist of weird materials that I wanted for future
projects, one of which was ‘a baseball that had actually been used in a
game.’”
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