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| birth_date = 1956 |
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| birth_place = [[Lander, Wyoming]], [[United States]] |
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| education = [[University of California, San Diego]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]]) ([[Master of Arts|MA]]) |
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[[Image:McMakin's Throne.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Roy McMakin, Untitled (Wooden Toilet), 2005, oiled holly, 66 x 32 x 30 inches.]] |
[[Image:McMakin's Throne.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Roy McMakin, Untitled (Wooden Toilet), 2005, oiled holly, 66 x 32 x 30 inches.]] |
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[[Image:Untitled (Writing Table and Chair) - detail.jpg|thumb|right|200px|A detail of Roy McMakin's Untitled (Writing Table and Chair)]] |
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'''Roy McMakin''' (born 1956 in [[Lander, Wyoming]]) is a [[San Diego]]–based [[artist]], [[designer]], [[furniture]] maker, and [[architect]]. |
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'''Roy McMakin''' (born 1956 [[Lander, Wyoming]]) is a [[Seattle]]-based [[artist]], [[designer]] and [[furniture]] maker. His furniture bridges the gap between [[art]] and design. Some of his pieces are entirely non-functional like ''Untitled (Wooden Toilet)'', which, as its title suggests, is an unpainted wooden [[toilet]] that serves most usefully as a witty conversation piece more so than an actual toilet. Many of his pieces are inspired by visual and verbal [[pun]]s and other conceptual conceits: a boudoir in which every drawer is painted a different shade of white and every drawer knob is a slightly different size; or a white [[Shag (fabric)|shag]] rug with a black square at its center that has had a quarter of its area shaved away showing that in order for the graphic flatness of the square to be realized, black thread must permeate the entire thickness of the rug, drawing our attention to the three-dimensionality of something that we ordinarily perceive as two-dimensional. McMakin’s art forces us to focus on the [[ontological]] complexities of furniture that, while it occupies the same space as [[sculpture]], is not culturally recognized as such. Another example would be his ''Untitled (Writing Table and Chair)'', which, while fully functional, is painted a bright pink, making the table and chair appear more as an ''[[objet d'art]]'' than an actual desk. McMakin's furniture designs first came to public attention in 1987 through his [[Domestic Furniture]] showroom on Los Angeles' Beverly Boulevard. That store closed in 1994 when he moved to Seattle to be closer to the woods with which he was working, but selected pieces from that period are still manufactured by his Seattle worshop. |
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==Biography== |
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Curator Michael Darling has argued that McMakin’s intellectual tack to furniture was informed by his artistic education at the [[University of California, San Diego]], which “was a hotbed of artistic engagement with the everyday. From [[Allan Kaprow]], inventor of the [[Happening]], to domestic [[Conceptual art|conceptualist]] [[Eleanor Antin]], [[environmental art]] pioneers Helen Mayer Harrison and Newton Harrison… the UCSD faculty espoused boundary-breaking, experimental approaches to art-making.”<ref>Michael Darling, ''Roy McMakin: A Door as Meant as Adornment'', (Los Angeles: Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, 2003), 4.</ref> This boundary-breaking extends to McMakin's growing body of architectural work with his firm [[Domestic Architecture]]. Beginning with remodels of homes and office spaces in the 1990s, the artist now has a portfolio of ground-up houses that take his artistic concerns to a new level of ambition and complexity. Notable within the contemporary architectural scene, McMakin's homes freely embrace vernacular idioms, but utilize them in a way that is neither ironic, nostalgic, nor ideological. Borrowing from a wide variety of sources to best address the site, climate, or client's taste and personality, the homes are as engaging to "read" and "deconstruct" from an intellectual standpoint as they are intuitively functional. McMakin's architecture neatly dovetails with his other pursuits in furniture and sculpture, held together by an overarching investigation of how perception influences meaning. |
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He began his studies at the Museum Art School in Portland, but soon transferred to the [[University of California, San Diego]], where he completed a [[Bachelor of Arts|BA]] in 1979 and an [[Master of Arts|MA]] in 1982. At [[University of California, San Diego|UCSD]], he studied conceptual art making, under the likes of [[Allan Kaprow]], [[Manny Farber]], [[Jean-Pierre Gorin]], and Patricia Patterson. In 1987, he opened his first showroom on Los Angeles' Beverly Boulevard, called Domestic Furniture Co. Though the showroom closed in 1995, it remains online today and has resumed production with Big Leaf Manufacturing. Additionally, his work has been featured in solo-exhibitions at galleries and museums, he has designed entire houses, and increased the production of his furniture for his showroom. His most recent retrospective was a 20-year survey of the sculptor and furniture designer's oeuvre at the [[University of Washington]]'s [[Henry Art Gallery]] in 2005.<ref name="art in america 2005">{{cite journal|last1=Kangas|first1=Matthew|title=Roy McMakin at the Henry Art Gallery|journal=Art in America|date=September 2005|volume=93|issue=8|page=163}}</ref> |
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===Influences=== |
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McMakin has been the subject of exhibitions at the [[Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles]]; the [[Henry Art Gallery]] in Seattle; and the [[Portland Art Museum]]. He is represented by the [[Matthew Marks Gallery]] in [[New York]] |
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McMakin's furniture hints at influences from particular architects, designers, artists, and larger trends in American furniture design. His designs echo the Arts and Crafts tradition, Shaker designs, Art Deco and '50s Functional styles, and even mass-produced American commercial furniture.<ref name="latimes1990">{{cite news|last1=Whiteson|first1=Leon|title=Odd and Ordinary|work=Los Angeles Times|date=January 12, 1990}}</ref> He also admired architect [[Irving Gill]], a pioneer of early 20th century pre-modern design, the sensitive wood worker, [[George Nakashima]], and artist [[Scott Burton]]. In fact, he lived in the 1917 Hancock Park house designed by [[Irving Gill]]. Of [[Irving Gill|Gill]]'s house, McMakin said "It seems to be charged with the element of time, that domesticates whatever was off or unusual about the work when it first appeared. […] Small, simple houses need to come back in. We need to be more sparing in the way we spend our natural resources. We need to be caring about the natural limits of our environment."<ref name="latimes1990" /> His professor, [[Allan Kaprow]], taught him the basics of conceptual art making and provided him with an artistic community in which to experiment. Some critics have likened his taste for minimalism to the great minimalist artists, such as Sol Lewitt and Donald Judd.<ref name="latimes1987">{{cite news|last1=McDonald|first1=Robert|title=The Artist Behind the Ideas|work=Los Angeles Times|date=February 21, 1987}}</ref> While other historians have placed him in an artistic lineage that includes West Coast natives [[John McLaughlin (artist)|John McLaughlin]], Robert Irwin, and Charles Ray.<ref name="2010 cat">{{cite book|last1=Holte|first1=Michael Ned|title=The Art of Roy McMAkin: When is a Chair not a Chair?|date=2010|publisher=Skira Rizzoli Publications|location=New York|page=z}}</ref> |
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==Exhibition History== |
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2016 |
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*Roy McMakin: A Table, Garth Greenan Gallery, September 29–November 12<ref name="GGG A Table">{{cite web|title=Roy McMakin: A Table|url=http://www.garthgreenan.com/exhibitions/roy-mcmakin-a-table|website=Garth Greenan Gallery|publisher=Garth Greenan Gallery|accessdate=27 September 2017}}</ref> |
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==References== |
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*Darling, Michael. ''Roy McMakin: A Door Meant as Adornment''. Los Angeles: The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, 2003. |
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*McMakin, Roy. ''Charming Homes for Today: Drawings by Roy McMakin, 1996-2002''. New York: Matthew Marks Gallery, 2003. |
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*McMakin, Roy. ''A Month of Drawings in the Cursive Style!'' New York: Matthew Marks Gallery, 2003. |
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*Yapelli, Tina. ''Roy McMakin: A Slat-back Chair''. San Diego: San Diego State University, 2005. |
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==External links== |
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* [https://www.roymcmakin.org roymcmakin.org] |
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* [http://www.matthewmarks.com/index.php?n=1&a=145&im=1 Roy McMakin at the Matthew Marks Gallery] |
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* [http://www.domesticfurniture.com Domestic Furniture] |
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* [http://www.domesticarchitecture.com Domestic Architecture] |
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Latest revision as of 21:53, 5 September 2024
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Roy McMakin | |
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| Born | Roy McMakin 1956 |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | University of California, San Diego (BA) (MA) |
Roy McMakin (born 1956 in Lander, Wyoming) is a San Diego–based artist, designer, furniture maker, and architect.
Biography
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He began his studies at the Museum Art School in Portland, but soon transferred to the University of California, San Diego, where he completed a BA in 1979 and an MA in 1982. At UCSD, he studied conceptual art making, under the likes of Allan Kaprow, Manny Farber, Jean-Pierre Gorin, and Patricia Patterson. In 1987, he opened his first showroom on Los Angeles' Beverly Boulevard, called Domestic Furniture Co. Though the showroom closed in 1995, it remains online today and has resumed production with Big Leaf Manufacturing. Additionally, his work has been featured in solo-exhibitions at galleries and museums, he has designed entire houses, and increased the production of his furniture for his showroom. His most recent retrospective was a 20-year survey of the sculptor and furniture designer's oeuvre at the University of Washington's Henry Art Gallery in 2005.[1]
Influences
[edit]McMakin's furniture hints at influences from particular architects, designers, artists, and larger trends in American furniture design. His designs echo the Arts and Crafts tradition, Shaker designs, Art Deco and '50s Functional styles, and even mass-produced American commercial furniture.[2] He also admired architect Irving Gill, a pioneer of early 20th century pre-modern design, the sensitive wood worker, George Nakashima, and artist Scott Burton. In fact, he lived in the 1917 Hancock Park house designed by Irving Gill. Of Gill's house, McMakin said "It seems to be charged with the element of time, that domesticates whatever was off or unusual about the work when it first appeared. […] Small, simple houses need to come back in. We need to be more sparing in the way we spend our natural resources. We need to be caring about the natural limits of our environment."[2] His professor, Allan Kaprow, taught him the basics of conceptual art making and provided him with an artistic community in which to experiment. Some critics have likened his taste for minimalism to the great minimalist artists, such as Sol Lewitt and Donald Judd.[3] While other historians have placed him in an artistic lineage that includes West Coast natives John McLaughlin, Robert Irwin, and Charles Ray.[4]
Exhibition History
[edit]2016
- Roy McMakin: A Table, Garth Greenan Gallery, September 29–November 12[5]
References
[edit]- ^ Kangas, Matthew (September 2005). "Roy McMakin at the Henry Art Gallery". Art in America. 93 (8): 163.
- ^ a b Whiteson, Leon (January 12, 1990). "Odd and Ordinary". Los Angeles Times.
- ^ McDonald, Robert (February 21, 1987). "The Artist Behind the Ideas". Los Angeles Times.
- ^ Holte, Michael Ned (2010). The Art of Roy McMAkin: When is a Chair not a Chair?. New York: Skira Rizzoli Publications. p. z.
- ^ "Roy McMakin: A Table". Garth Greenan Gallery. Garth Greenan Gallery. Retrieved 27 September 2017.
