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