Joseph Hubbard

INSTALLATIONS & PERFORMANCE

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SECURITY STATION #25

(reconstruction of ca.1935 security station
as seen in Könstmuseum, Stockholm in 2008)

2.44m H x 1.17m W x 15cm D
fabricated brass alarm, telephone
& switch, applied numeral
& security camera

permanent installation 2016:
McMaster Museum of Art
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

SECURITY STATION #25

ART VAULT: KUNSTMUSEUM

ART VAULT: KUNSTMUSEUM

(reconstruction of original
as seen Bergen, Norway)

2.26m H x 87cm W x 13cm D
pressed board, wood, steel,
security camera, museum gloves

Woodstock Art Gallery, 2008
Art Gallery of Windsor, On. 2011

THE VIEW FROM (T)HERE
2011

Two synchronized and looped 10 minute
videos filmed from opposite Canadian
and American sides of Detroit River

Art Gallery of Windsor, On., Canada

THE VIEW FROM (T)HERE

COLLABORATION WITH A DEAD ARTIST

COLLABORATION WITH A DEAD ARTIST

Art Gallery of Windsor, On., Canada
2011

3m H x 15m W x 1m D
10 Portraits of Basilican priests
by Wyndham Lewis ca.1944
from museum permanent collection,
art storage vault rack, 10 clerical cassocks,
10 pairs of shoes, hooks, and awning

JOSÉ LOUIS CUEVAS REVEALED

Art Gallery of Windsor, On., Canada
2011

39 plates x 28cm H x 21.6cm W based on
112 watercolours/letters 1976-1977
by José Louis Cuevas from AGW permanent
collection; photoshopped images: J.Hubbard
translations by Audrey K. Restorick PhD

JOSÉ LOUIS CUEVAS REVEALED

TROJAN GIFT FOR A MUSEUM (CONTRABAND BOX)
UN CADEAU POUR UN MUSEUM NATIONALE

TROJAN GIFT FOR A MUSEUM (CONTRABAND BOX)
UN CADEAU POUR UN MUSEUM NATIONALE

2011

1.4m H x 1.9m W x 71cm D
reproduction National Gallery of Canada museum crates
for smuggling artist into gallery: includes CTV, periscope,
survival rations, espresso maker, sleeping bag, computer
tablet, cellphone, water, iPod.
Survival books include Derrida For Dummies,
Postmodernism for Dummies

Wyndham Lewis: 1rst copy of Blast!
Jonathan Foer: Tree of Codes
Joseph Hubbard: 2 favourite works: Museum Switchplate;
Italian Primitive for Inside Corner (1986)


Art Gallery of Windsor, Ontario, Canada

DISPLACED VALUE

(rebuilt 1984 installation/
performances, London, Toronto, On.)
2007

107cm Hx2.5mWx2.5mD
hand built ceramic houses
aerial photos of tornado damage
1rst Canadian ceramic
performance piece

cf: Exhibitions Page link: 2007
Canadian Clay & Glass Gallery
Waterloo, On., Canada

Installation exhibited in London, Toronto, Waterloo, and Montreal (Canada)

DISPLACED VALUE

   

MONEY, TIME, & SPACE

MONEY, TIME, & SPACE
2007 (reconstruction 1984
installation, Montreal, Quebec)

2.5m H x 6m W x 3.6m D
photomural = 2.15 meters H x 7.3 meters W
90 slipcast parking meters, PVC pipe,
wood platforms

Photomural of derelict mall forms backdrop for parking meters on unequal swaying poles which reference equation: cost for time for use of urban space. Development and history of ubiquitous, now almost obsolete device has paralleled issues surrounding use of automobiles and their impact on urban culture. In the film Cool Hand Luke, the pivotal character (Paul Newman) is sentenced to a southern US chain gang for destroying a parking meter. Complications to his situation ultimately ends with his death. Worldwide, the use of space for autos and their dominant role in contemporary culture has intensified and contributed to social friction and physical and visual changes in the landscape.

cf: Exhibitions Page link: 2007
Canadian Clay & Glass Gallery, Waterloo, On., Canada
Installation exhibited in London, Toronto, Waterloo, and Montreal (Canada)

NUCLEAR TOWERS
1984

ceramic, sintered iron filings

installed Montreal, Quebec,
London, Toronto, Waterloo, Ontario

NUCLEAR TOWERS

 

 

 

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