Wednesday, November 28, 2012

TRUE STORY: ALUMINUM FOIL IS MAGICAL

Tom Friedman




James Hampton
I've been thinking a lot about aluminum foil, and different ways to use it in upcoming Art After School winter session projects.

Pictured above: Tom Friedman's Aluminum Foil Thing and James Hampton's Throne of the Third Heaven of the Nations’ Millennium General Assembly. From the Smithsonian American Art Museum's website, where you can read more about  Hampton and his work:

"James Hampton's entire artistic output is this single work which he called The Throne of the Third Heaven of the Nations' Millennium General Assembly. Hampton worked for more than fourteen years on his masterwork in a rented garage... Hampton's full creation consists of 180 components—only a portion of which are on view... His work also includes plaques, tags, and notebooks bearing a secret writing system which has yet to be, and may never be, deciphered."

What's going down in YOUR garage these days?