Chad Person

Chad Person (born 1978) is an American contemporary artist primarily known for his sculptural and collage works.[1]

Work

His project: RECESS (resource exhaustion crisis evacuation safety shelter) is an example of his conceptual approach.[2] In this ongoing project, Person undertakes a DIY conversion of a swimming pool into a bomb shelter / survival bunker, highlighting the potentially negative outcomes of maintaining a hardcore survivalist mentality. The intentionally controversial subject matter in project RECESS led Asylum to label Person "the most paranoid man in America".[3]

In 2010, one of his sculptures was seized from Mark Moore Gallery by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives pending allegations that it was an illegally manufactured and trafficked firearm.[4][5]

Person is also known for his collages that used sliced up American dollar bills.[6][7][8] One such work, Yixing Teapot and iPod (from the series Worshipping Mammon: An Exploration of Value), is in the collection of the New Mexico Museum of Art.[9]

His collaboration with Hiroshi Fuji was featured in the Site Santa Fe Biennial in 2008.

In 2015 he presented Prospector, a forty-foot high inflatable sculpture, in downtown Denver Colorado.[10][11][12]

gollark: Öκay.
gollark: It is possible that I am jöking.
gollark: Just remove the √5 limit but don't tell anyone.
gollark: 𝕆𝕆
gollark: * octonion

References

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