Mark Manders

Since 1986, Mark Manders has been engaged in an ongoing project he refers to as his "Self-Portrait as a Building," mapping his artistic persona through site-specific re-negotiations of physical materials. As he explains, "this building can shrink or expand at any moment... all words created by mankind are on hand." The organizing principle is a desire to bypass the written word using three-dimensional objects accumulated in a manner that replicate the literary construction of sentences. Bringing materials together into uneasy proximity with these aspirations, Manders ultimately creates mysterious and uncanny sculptural tableaux-part still life, part exquisite corpse. The exhibition is co-organized with the Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, and will travel to the Walker
Art Center, Minneapolis.

• Recurrence:
  Recurring daily
• Date:
  02/18/2011 - 04/30/2011
• Location:
  Aspen Art Museum
• Phone:
  (970) 925-8050
• Website:
  http://aspenartmuseum.org