"What's so sneaky about sneakers anyway? (Walk on by!)" — Stuart Sherman
"Brrr! I'm so cold I could eat a phone book." — Stuart Sherman
"And he swamn and he swamn all over the damn!" — Stuart Sherman
"I've got to stop drinking — less." — Stuart Sherman
"Pixel, pixel, little video, won't you tell us when you're boring and when you're not?" — Stuart Sherman
"Birth. A cup of coffee, a newspaper. Death. Birth. A cup of coffee, a newspaper. Death. Birth. A cup of coffee...." — Stuart Sherman
Description
These selections of later video works by Stuart Sherman, produced in the 1980s and '90s, continue Sherman's idiomatic manipulations of everyday objects and situations. Throughout his artistic career, Sherman never limited himself to any one art form, and these works show his agility in adapting his practice to the unique syntax of video. Though he makes use of direct camera addresses and basic video editing, the conceptual witticism of his minimalist Spectacles performances is evident, as it is in his own poetic written encapsulations of each work.
