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Article: Jack Risley at Postmasters.(New York, New York)(Review of Exhibitions)(Brief Article)
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- Art in America
- Article date:
- June 1, 1997
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When Dada was young, metal bottle racks and porcelain urinals were state-of-the-art nondescript, as unremarkable as the paper cups in one of Jack Risley's sculptures. It seems that part of the point of Risley's new work, cleverly assembled from industrial-grade commercial goods, is to formulate material equations of perfect neutrality--no loose emotions, no surplus value.
He winds up employing lots of empty containers, all of them visibly unused, so no possible trace of content past or present can accrue. In the top-heavy but confidently balanced Two Ton Jack, black plastic drums are held overhead in a metal cage, from which extend two portable projection screens; ...
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Article: RISLEY MIGHT FACE NEW CHARGES IN MONGOLIA CASE
The Columbian;
April 13, 1998 ;
609 words
... ... Mongolian prosecutors are appealing George Risleys verdict of overzealous ... got off too easy, said Judy Risley, who returned from Mongolia on Saturday ... laws any way he wants. George Risley, 56, was found innocent of “ ...
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