![]() I’m curious about another piece you did, 2.6 Cents an Hour (2006), which seems related. It sounds like many people sadly preferred the impersonal experience of the store. I read it as pretty self-aware, as this sort of existential commentary on craft under late capitalism. And in retrospect, the idea seems kind of self-aggrandizing, as if I was implying that the value of my craft is unquantifiable or something.Īlex Rosenberg: 2.6 Cents an Hour, 2006, cast lead crystal, mirroring chemistry, sales performance, dimensions variable. The version sold on the street is artisanal and the one inside is mass produced. I was inspired in part by Eric Doeringer, who made miniature versions of various paintings outside of a Chelsea gallery and sold them.īut in your case, the forgery gesture is in reversed, at least as far as value is concerned. Eventually, I started selling these on the street right outside the store they were from. So I would get these products from Pier 1, Crate & Barrel, or similar stores, and then I would just try to replicate them. Still, I really liked making clear glass and I wanted to get good at it. I spent years striving to achieve some pinnacle of craftsmanship or whatever-but that didn’t really translate into what most audiences were interested in. At the time, I was excited about learning the craft of glassblowing, but I’ve never really been able to make any money from it until very recently. I think it was in 2007 or 2008, in Massachusetts, and I believe there was no documentation. ![]() I hope the rumors are true because it sounds very intriguing.Īlex Rosenberg: Oh, wow-that’s a deep cut! But yes, that definitely happened. The Five Best Inkjet Pigment Printers for Artists in 2023ĪRTnews: I heard about this performance you did where you sold handmade drinking glasses on the sidewalk outside of big box stores.
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