SOUND – David Bermant Foundation https://davidbermantfoundation.org Color, Light, Motion Sat, 08 Jun 2024 03:14:43 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2 https://davidbermantfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/cropped-logo_icon-32x32.png SOUND – David Bermant Foundation https://davidbermantfoundation.org 32 32 PETIT HOMME https://davidbermantfoundation.org/project/petit-homme/ Sun, 14 May 2017 10:20:00 +0000 http://db.artscicenter.com/?post_type=avada_portfolio&p=2080

PETIT HOMME

FABIAN SANCHEZ

YEAR

1985

DIMENSIONS

173 x 26 x 37 cm

MATERIALS

Movement, light and sound; stainless steel, electrified

FROM

Artist (in Paris)

LOCATION

Butler Institute of American Art

DESCRIPTION

Brought to NY and installed in Rye home

]]> NANOMANDALA https://davidbermantfoundation.org/project/nanomandala/ Sun, 14 May 2017 09:12:45 +0000 http://db.artscicenter.com/?post_type=avada_portfolio&p=2010

NANOMANDALA

VICTORIA VESNA

YEAR

2003

DIMENSIONS

8′ circle x 4″

MATERIALS

steel 8′ circle of 4″ deep white sand, projector, computor, mirrors, sound system

LOCATION

Butler Institute of American Art

DESCRIPTION

Visit the nanomandala website

]]> HARMONIC SCULPTURE #10 https://davidbermantfoundation.org/project/harmonic-sculpture-10/ Sun, 14 May 2017 01:31:28 +0000 http://db.artscicenter.com/?post_type=avada_portfolio&p=1713

HARMONIC SCULPTURE #10

WEN-YING TSAI

YEAR

1968

DIMENSIONS

42 1/2 x 17 diameter

MATERIALS

Stainless steel and cement (strobes (2) and sound modulator)

FROM

Howard Wise Gallery

LOCATION

Butler Institute of American Art

DESCRIPTION

First of strobe/vibrators sold by artist in first show by Howard Wise. After DWB committed, Wise called DWB to ask if he would waive for Whitney Museum. DWB said no – to sell them a different one. He did – and it stayed in their storage area for seven years.

]]> HOMAGE TO WOLFGANG https://davidbermantfoundation.org/project/homage-to-wolfgang/ Sat, 13 May 2017 15:31:39 +0000 http://db.artscicenter.com/?post_type=avada_portfolio&p=1594

HOMAGE TO WOLFGANG

GEORGE RHOADS

YEAR

1981

DIMENSIONS

25 x 12 x 12

MATERIALS

Steel ball, steel, Mozart head, 20 chimes and 20 hammers

FROM

Artist

LOCATION

Butler Institute of American Art

DESCRIPTION

#1 of proposed 9 (never built)

Initially commissioned as the first of possible edition of 250 each of classical composer series as suggested by Ivan Karp (O.K. Harris Gallery). Rejected as not for his Gallery.

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DESKTOP BREATHER

ALAN RATH

YEAR

1988

DIMENSIONS

16 x 12 x 8

MATERIALS

Aluminum, electronics, speaker

FROM

Dorothy Goldeen Gallery

LOCATION

Butler Institute of American Art

EXHIBITED AT

PULSE 2 at S.B. 1990 (Creative Studies Gallery)

FROM

Dorothy Goldeen Gallery

LOCATION

Butler Institute of American Art

EXHIBITED AT

PULSE 2 at S.B. 1990 (Creative Studies Gallery)

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VIRTUALLY WISE

NAM JUNE PAIK

YEAR

1994

DIMENSIONS

82 x 66 x 66

MATERIALS

24 video monitors; 2 antique radios; 6 antique television cabinets; antique brass telephone; speaker horn; 3 telephones; Howard Wise’s personal items: Polaroid prints, rolodex, brief case, wallet, papers, buttons; chair and desk: Sintra, Plexiglas, aluminum, and plywood; 4 laser disc players; 4 laser discs

FROM

Carl Solway Gallery

LOCATION

Butler Institute of American Art

EXHIBITED AT

Whitney Museum exhibition 6/8 – 8/7/94; San Jose Museum 1998 as organized by Whitney Museum

Comments: Created for Whitney Museum exhibition “The Howard Wise Gallery: TV as a Creative Medium, 1969”

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PARTICIPATION TV

NAM JUNE PAIK

YEAR

1969

DIMENSIONS

96 x 57 x 18

MATERIALS

Philco Color lite TV set, two microphones N.Y. amplifiers

FROM

Artist

LOCATION

Butler Institute of American Art

EXHIBITED AT

Wadsworth Atheneum 1984; Clock Tower 1986; PULSE 2 at S.B. 1990 (Peake Gallery); Ulrich Museum Wichita State 3/11/92 – 4/26/92; Butler

DESCRIPTION

On display at Whitney retrospective (previously at Neuberger Museum Soundings) and agreed to sell to DWB if all his bills were paid for. Refused to estimate. DWB agreed anyway. Paul Garrin constructed. Acquired in 1982 (after Howard Wise talk on 5/28/82) (paid all his bills for Whitney exhibition + $1,000 sent to him for new TV set) 1982 commissioned replica.

]]> MADAME BRIGITTE https://davidbermantfoundation.org/project/madame-brigitte/ Fri, 12 May 2017 19:04:01 +0000 http://db.artscicenter.com/?post_type=avada_portfolio&p=1411

MADAME BRIGITTE

SUZANNE GIROUX

YEAR

1990

MATERIALS

Video disc, video disc player, monitor, frame.

FROM

Jayne Baum Gallery, NY

LOCATION

Butler Institute of American Art

DESCRIPTION

“She’s always blinking at me. I blink back, but nothing happens.”

]]> SOUND SCULPTURE https://davidbermantfoundation.org/project/sound-sculpture/ Fri, 12 May 2017 17:28:51 +0000 http://db.artscicenter.com/?post_type=avada_portfolio&p=1385

SOUND SCULPTURE

BILL BELL

YEAR

1973

DIMENSIONS

96″ high, rods 3 square; base 15 3/4 x 15 3/4 x 1/2

MATERIALS

Beryllium copper & bronze

FROM

Staemplfli Gallery NY

LOCATION

Butler Institute of American Art

DESCRIPTION

Initially used to summon my secretary to my office; when they clanged she would come! But at the museum, no one was allowed to clang it, not even the owner! “Don’t touch!,” yells the guard.

]]> WHERE ARE WE? https://davidbermantfoundation.org/project/where-are-we/ Fri, 12 May 2017 17:19:07 +0000 http://db.artscicenter.com/?post_type=avada_portfolio&p=1378

WHERE ARE WE?

BILL BELL

YEAR

1988

DIMENSIONS

19 (1) x 2 (w) x 24 1/2 (h)

MATERIALS

Plexiglass, Computer, LED’s

FROM

Gallery Proper, NY

LOCATION

Butler Institute of American Art

EXHIBITED AT

PULSE 2 8 S.B. (window at Art Museum); Ulrich Museum, Wichita State; Butler

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