Five Stages of
Acquisition Series
(series in progress/
works created 2007-2009)
Snyder
The Top 100 Art Collectors
(According to Art news Magazine), 2006
Breaded and deep fried plush toy, plastic container, laminated labels with signature
Snyder
Four Figures for Four Figures, 2007
(4) Precious Moments figurines encased in clear cast
urethane replica of 5 kilogram precious metal/silver bar
Price = Current Trade Value of Silver:
1 troy oz. = $13.68(as of 4/7/2007)
(4) X 5 kg = $8796.00
stamped and signed on back
Snyder
Six Figures for (nearly) Six Figures, 2007
(6) Precious Moments figurines encased in clear plastic
replica of 1000 troy oz. precious metal/silver bar
Price = Current Value of Silver:
1 troy oz. = $13.68(as of 4/7/2007)
6000 troy oz. = $82,080.00
stamped and initialed on the back
Miscellaneous Installation and Collaboration:
Other Deep-Fried Beanie Babies:
Snyder
Pompeii, 2006
Breaded and deep-fried plush
toys (3), glass container
Snyder
Seafood Platter, 2006
Breaded and deep- fried plush toys (5), metal serving stand
Snyder
Smothered Hope I and II, 2006
Partially breaded and deep-fried plush toys
in glass container
Snyder
Lovers Caught, 2006
Breaded and deep-fried
plush toys
Deep-Fried Beanie Baby Series:
Snyder
Congratulations George and Dick...
faculty exhibition installation, 2007
dimensions vary
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Five Stages of Acquisition installation (detail)
faculty exhibition installation, 2007
dimensions vary
For more information, contact us at: culturalcoroner@hotmail.com
Regarding Recent Deep Fried Art (below) and Plastic Ingot Art (above and left):
I have taught, curated, and worked as an artist. From these three occupational vantage points, I see the beauty and absurdity of culture and the art market. I play with the notion of low art versus high art through the use of kitsch items deemed by some to be collectable. Speculation and hyped talk of the collectability of the Ty company’s Beanie Babies © in the 1990s mimicked the insanity of the “high art” market in that artists’ careers have risen and fallen (and sometimes risen again) based on the well-timed words of a few critics and collectors. Much like candy and junk food that permeate our consumer culture, there are parallels of popular consumer culture to fine art or object collecting. For some, consumption and collection is purely dictated by (perceived or impulsive) need. For others, collecting is based on research and speculation of a “market” (i.e. beanie baby or abstract expressionists). Yet for others, ownership gives self-worth and legacy within their caste, whether it be acquisition of a ‘millennium bear’ or a de Kooning.
Self/Portraits
(series in progress/
2009-2010 100 works
Williams/Snyder
Apple Spell 2, 2010
archival inkjet print, pencil, pigment, beeswax on wood
3 panels 18 x 23 inches overall
Williams/Snyder
Apple Spell 1, 2010
archival inkjet print, pencil, pigment, beeswax on wood
4 panels 16 x 23 inches overall
Williams/Snyder
Apple Spell Study, 2010
archival inkjet print, pencil, pigment, beeswax on wood
8 x 6 inches
Williams/Snyder
Self / Portraits, 2010
archival inkjet print, pencil, ink, pigment, beeswax and glue on wood
in progress 100 6 x 6 inch panels