Sean Raspet

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Sean Raspet (born 1981) is an artist based in Brooklyn.

Raspet was born in Washington DC. He was raised in Jacksonville Florida where he frequented a country and western themed McDonalds. He makes a installations which are concerned with the relationship between objects, images and information.[1] His work is informed by philosophy and metaphysics.[2]

[edit] Selected Exhibitions

2001

  • The Dissolution of Walls, Providence Arcade, Providence

2002

  • Our Horrible/Fantastic Universe, Small Hall Cinema, Goldsmiths College, London

2003

  • The Untrained Orchestra (Collaboration with Shakeeb abu Hamdan), Great Hall, Goldsmiths College
  • Woods Gerry Invitational Exhibition, Providence

2004

  • Cardboard Motherboard, Numbers Gallery, London

2005

  • Cynisme, Atelier Ford, Geneva

2006

  • Frisbee, Poster Project, Miami

2007

  • A Modest Proposal, Daniel Reich Gallery at the Frieze Art Fair, London
  • Ilya Lipkin, Sean Raspet, Ned Vena, Cohan and Leslie, New York
  • Untitled (Perfect Lovers), BC Project Room, New York
  • Way Things Are, Daniel Reich Gallery, New York
  • Inaugural Exhibition, Museum 52, New York

2008

  • The Shape of Things to Come, Saatchi Gallery, London

[edit] References

  1. ^ Kenney, Ellen, HustlerOfCulture.com
  2. ^ Sean Raspet & Arnd Seibert, ArtNews.org

[edit] External Links