Artists > Guy Goldstein

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Goldstein works in a range of media: drawing, sculpting, sawing, video and sound works, installation and photography. He perceives reality as a structure of grids upon which the visible and tangible things are organized in and for themselves. He is drawn to the empty spaces that exist between these things. These empty spaces are metaphysical and amorphous. I see my role to be about inundating the specters onto the surface, giving them a formal expression.

Goldstein's work is deeply concerned with aspects of control and loss of control. In his artistic process he encourages random actions, interruptions in the natural and obvious sequence of events. He transfers images that he encounters or creates via various techniques, media and proportions until they reach a fixed form and final installation.

In Work in Process (2008) he reared gerbils (a kind of rodent) in his studio. He provided them with disposable plastic utensils to sharpen their teeth and lost control through the sculpturing process induced by their nibbling. He then projected a slideshow with large scale images of the nibbled utensils (the sculptures). The size ratio of spectators to the projection was proportional to the size ratio of the gerbils to the utensils. In that manner, he domesticated and fixated the process that was disrupted.

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|Loaves White & Black 2011, hand cut terrazzo tiles, size variable|Manual 2009, mixed media, 35x35x15cm|Untitled (Bicycle) 2005, Embroidery on cotton fabric, 90x100cm|Untitled (Drawer) 2005, Tread and wood, 20x50x22cm|P-Shirt 2005, Embroidery on cotton fabric, 30x40cm|From the series of Loot 2009, Pencil and lead on Alter paper from the 70's, 21x22cm|From the series of Loot 2009, Pencil and lead on Alter paper from the 70's, 21x22cm|From the series of Loot 2009, Pencil and lead on Alter paper from the 70's, 21x22cm|From the series of Loot 2009, Pencil and lead on Alter paper from the 70's, 21x22cm|From the series of Loot 2009, Pencil and lead on Alter paper from the 70's, 21x22cm|From the series of Loot 2009, Pencil and lead on Alter paper from the 70's, 21x22cm|Men's 100m-10m Thread 2007, Embroidery, cotton thread and a disposable plastic tablecloth,7 panels, 3x45x143cm each|Men's 100m-10m Thread 2007, Embroidery, cotton thread and a disposable plastic tablecloth,7 panels, 3x45x143cm each|Sound on Paper 2011, mixed media on paper and video installation, 140x200cm|Sound on Paper 2011, mixed media on paper and video installation, 120x156cm
Loaves White & Black 2011, hand cut terrazzo tiles, size variable
Manual 2009, mixed media, 35x35x15cm
Untitled (Bicycle) 2005, Embroidery on cotton fabric, 90x100cm
Untitled (Drawer) 2005, Tread and wood, 20x50x22cm
P-Shirt 2005, Embroidery on cotton fabric, 30x40cm
From the series of Loot 2009, Pencil and lead on Alter paper from the 70's, 21x22cm
From the series of Loot 2009, Pencil and lead on Alter paper from the 70's, 21x22cm
From the series of Loot 2009, Pencil and lead on Alter paper from the 70's, 21x22cm
From the series of Loot 2009, Pencil and lead on Alter paper from the 70's, 21x22cm
From the series of Loot 2009, Pencil and lead on Alter paper from the 70's, 21x22cm
From the series of Loot 2009, Pencil and lead on Alter paper from the 70's, 21x22cm
Men's 100m-10m Thread 2007, Embroidery, cotton thread and a disposable plastic tablecloth,7 panels, 3x45x143cm each
Men's 100m-10m Thread 2007, Embroidery, cotton thread and a disposable plastic tablecloth,7 panels, 3x45x143cm each
Sound on Paper 2011, mixed media on paper and video installation, 140x200cm
Sound on Paper 2011, mixed media on paper and video installation, 120x156cm