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Danny McDonald
The Dark Secret, 2022
Mixed Media 12.2 x 12.99 x 7.09 inches
31 x 33 x 18 cm
Danny McDonald
The Late V.I.P., 2022
Mixed Media
16.14 x 7.87 x 10.63 inches
41 x 20 x 27 cm
Danny McDonald
Post-Plague Cruise Caper, 2022
Mixed Media
16.54 x 7.87 x 10.63 inches
42 x 20 x 27 cm
Danny McDonald
Welcome Back!, 2022
Mixed Media
11.81 x 5.91 x 5.91 inches
30 x 15 x 15 cm
Danny McDonald
The Game, 2022
Mixed Media
43.31 x 15.35 x 8.27 inches
110 x 39 x 21 cm
Danny McDonald
Liar’s Poker, 2022
Mixed Media
22.83 x 12.2 x 13.78 inches
58 x 31 x 35 cm
Danny McDonald
Midnight at the Oasis, 2022
10.24 x 9.06 x 9.06 inches
26 x 23 x 23 cm
Danny McDonald
IT, 2022
Mixed Media
20.47 x 10.24 x 5.91 inches
52 x 26 x 15 cm
Danny McDonald
Untitled, 2022
Mixed Media
16.93 x 6.3 x 12.2 inches
43 x 16 x 31 cm
Danny McDonald
The Anonymous Buyer, 2022
Mixed Media
18.9 x 11.22 x 5.91 inches
48 x 28.5 x 15 cm
Danny McDonald
Father, son and friendly ghost, 2022
Mixed Media
18.11 x 10.24 x 9.45 inches
46 x 26 x 24 cm
Danny McDonald
Armchair Investor, 2021
Vinyl, plastic, artificial hair, cotton, velvet, foam, wood, brass, electric light, magnet, 24k gold plated iron “bitcoin”
Danny McDonald
Forced to sell artwork from personal collection in order to offset funeral expenses (Abbreviated life span limits resale opportunities), 2022
Mixed Media
10.63 x 9.84 x 3.35 inches
27 x 25 x 8.5 cm
Twenty years is the time that has passed since Fernando joined Air de Paris to do an internship.
A Sentimental Education: it is the story of a young man, he must have been eighteen, this romantic and sensitive anti-hero who arrives in Paris where lead by a coup de coeur he finds himself a rich new world that he barely understands, filled with questionable characters (like himself), where he negotiates (or dialogues) with past and future revolutions and his own desire.
This double title of novels was composed at eight hands by Air de Paris and House of Gaga as an exquisite corpse and could become the chorus of a song. House of Gaga is the name of the gallery later founded by Fernando Mesta with José Rojas in Mexico City (and now also in Los Angeles). And before Air Paris moves to Komunuma in Romainville, this is a community we wanted to celebrate.
Footnotes
Sentimental Education, Gustave Flaubert, 1869
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Julien Ceccaldi
Hooded Corpse, 2018
Skeleton model, melted plastic, chicken wire, synthetic wig, hoodie, underwear, socks, slipper and woodstain and acrylic paint
Julien Ceccaldi
Secret Base, 2019
Acrylic on canvas
24 x 18 inches
61 x 45.7 cm
Julien Ceccaldi
Secret Base ~ 10 Years Later, 2019
Acrylic on canvas
24 x 18 inches
61 x 45.7 cm
Nicolas Ceccaldi
Untitled, 2017
Crucifix, mirror, plastic frame
23.62 x 15.75 inches
60 x 40 cm
Nicolas Ceccaldi
Untitled, 2017
Crucifix, holographic vinyl, plastic frame
23.62 x 15.75 inches
60 x 40 cm
Nicolas Ceccaldi
Moment On The Bridge, 2013
Glicee and acrylic on canvas
39.5 x 47 inches
100.3 x 119.4 cm
Vivian Suter
Untitled, n.d.
Acrylic, glue and mud on canvas
71.65 x 89.76 inches
182 x 228 cm
Trisha Donnelly
Untitled, 2016 Stone
110 x 60 x 10 cm
Bruno Pelassy
Sans titre. Série Perles, 1995
glass beads, nylon, wood
220 x 90 cm
Bruno Pelassy
Sans titre. Série Créatures, 2000-2001
silk, silicone, beads, lace, in an aquarium on plinth aquarium
53 x 90 x 40 cm; plinth
122,5 x 90 x 40 cm
Bruno Pelassy
Sans titre. Série Créatures, 2000-2001
silk, silicone, beads, lace, in an aquarium on plinth aquarium
53 x 90 x 40 cm; plinth
122,5 x 90 x 40 cm
Trisha Donnelly
Untitled, 2008
Digital video 6 min, looped
4/5, 2 AP
Perched atop an oversized Coke bottle, a skeletal Ronald McDonald clown greets his own finitude with a big, face- painted smile. The Last Mexican Coke, 2017, is an allegorical End of Times scenario, still recycling after all is lost. Other compact tableaux involve an arms-dealing troll about to hit the panic button, a predatorial fish devouring a cute Pixar fish, a channel surfing zombie, Darth Vader snuffing out or gay bashing Pee Wee Herman, and a group portrait of Trump’s all-white, all-male nightmare cabinet. Altering and hacking readymade characters taken from the place where Hollywood meets low brow merchandising and our stoned, media-addled imaginations, McDonald crafts meme-like arrangements that do a lot with almost nothing. These are deviant little blockbusters made of the commonest trash. Doctored action figures transitioning and mutating at the edge of familiarity are set into stunning, startling, sometimes charming and endearing compositions that tell the great story of Steve Bannon’s Fourth Turning, or a nation’s possession and date rape by the forces of chaos, after which it’s reborn miraculously from its own ashes as a posthuman community under the sign of the clown-eagle-skull, sans immigrants, sans queers, sans brains. Turning one’s gaze from Danny McDonald’s haunted house of horrors to the reality TV outside the gallery’s colorized windows, MacArthur Park and the skyscrapers of downtown L.A. in the distance are bathed in a sickeningly gorgeous blood orange.
Danny McDonald (b. Los Angeles, CA 1971) is an artist living and working in New York City. McDonald recently had solo exhibitions in Maccarone, New York; House of Gaga, Mexico City; and group exhibitions at Migros Museum, Zurich and Sculpture Center, New York.
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Danny McDonald
Channel Surfing, 2017
Vinyl action figure, metal chain, remote control, porcelain wave, pedestal
9 x 8 x 14 inches
22.9 x 20.3 x 35.6 cm
Plinth Dimensions: 11 x 11 x 41 inches
27.9 x 27.9 x 104.1 cm
Danny McDonald
Trigger Finger, 2017
Vinyl figure, plastic weapons, resin tree, pedestal
10 x 9 x 15 inches
25.4 x 22.9 x 38.1 cm
Plinth Dimensions: 12 x 12 x 41 inches
30.5 x 30.5 x 104.1 cm
Danny McDonald
Trolling, 2017
Vinyl and fabric action figure, resin dolphin, cotton netting, pedestal
9 x 11 x 13 inches
22.9 x 27.9 x 33 cm
Plinth Dimensions: 11 x 11 x 41 inches
27.9 x 27.9 x 104.1 cm
Danny McDonald
Questionable Selfie, 2017
Resin, vinyl and plastic action figures, fabric, pedestal
10 x 8 x 12 inches
25.4 x 20.3 x 30.5 cm
Plinth Dimensions: 12 x 12 x 41 inches
30.5 x 30.5 x 104.1 cm
Danny McDonald
Science Fiction vs. Comedy, 2017
Vinyl, plastic and fabric action figures, pedestal
12.5 x 16 x 31 inches
31.8 x 40.6 x 78.7 cm
Plinth Dimensions: 13 x 13 x 45 inches
33 x 33 x 114.3 cm
Danny McDonald
Eating Nemo, 2017
Driftwood, plastic toys, pedestal
15 x 9 x 12 inches
38.1 x 22.9 x 30.5 cm
Plinth Dimensions: 12 x 12 x 41 inches
30.5 x 30.5 x 104.1 cm
Danny McDonald
Healthcare Cuts, 2017
Plastic moon model, plastic hospital gurney, plastic and vinyl action figures, pedestal
10 x 10 x 9 inches
25.4 x 25.4 x 22.9 cm
Plinth Dimensions: 12 x 12 x 41 inches
30.5 x 30.5 x 104.1 cm
Danny McDonald
Political Junk Food, 2017
Potato chip tin, plastic potato chips, painted plastic hand and head, wig hair, printed cardboard hat, pedestal
12 x 12 x 27 inches
30.5 x 30.5 x 68.6 cm
Plinth Dimensions: 13 x 13 x 37 inches
33 x 33 x 94 cm
Danny McDonald
Pumpkin in a Mask in a Mask, 2017
Foam pumpkin, plastic masks, pedestal
19 x 8 x 10 inches
48.3 x 20.3 x 25.4 cm
Plinth Dimensions: 12 x 12 x 41 inches
30.5 x 30.5 x 104.1 cm
Danny McDonald
The Last Mexican Coke, 2017
Jumbo glass Coke bottle, plexiglass, resin and vinyl action figure, pedestal
7 x 7 x 26.5 inches
17.8 x 17.8 x 67.3 cm
Plinth Dimensions: 12 x 12 x 41 inches
30.5 x 30.5 x 104.1 cm
Danny McDonald
Cabinet of Doom, 2017
Various plastic, vinyl and fabric action figures, plastic and vinyl staircase from The Matrix, pedestal
9.5 x 12 x 13 inches
24.1 x 30.5 x 33 cm
Plinth Dimensions: 6 x 9.6 x 11.5 inches
15.2 x 24.4 x 29.2 cm
Danny McDonald
Evolution in a Manger, 2017
Plastic figures, wooden model
Dimensions: 12 x 9 x 8 inches
30.5 x 22.9 x 20.3 cm
Danny McDonald
Forced to Sell Artwork from Personal Collection in Order to Offset Living Expenses, Questionable Provenance Limits Resale Opportunities (The Scream), 2016
Wood, brick, plexiglas, plastic & fabric action figure, printed paper and aluminum
10.83 x 7.99 x 3.35 inches
27.5 x 20.3 x 8.5 cm
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Danny McDonald
Made Up Men, 2014
Prop head of Gene Simmons from the film “KISS Meets The Phantom” (latex, foam, acrylic paint), various action figures (rubber, plastic, fabric, paint, artificial hair), antique hand mirrors, wood plinth
Sculpture:
16.93 x 9.06 x 9.65 inches
43 x 23 x 24.5 cm
Plinth:
41.02 x 12.99 x 12.87 inches
104.2 x 33 x 32.7 cm
Danny McDonald
An Aggressive Character, 2014
Hulk action figures (vinyl, plastic, fabric), holographic sunglasses (glass, metal, hologram), glass bell jar, wood plinth
Plinth:
41.14 x 12.99 x 12.87 inches
104.5 x 33 x 32.7 cm
Sculpture:
23.62 x 9.84 x 9.84 inches
60 x 25 x 25 cm
Danny McDonald
A Sudden Realization of Male Pattern Baldness, 2014
Action figures (vinyl, plastic), hand mirror (metal, rhinestones, glass), plastic bathtub, plastic & glass beads, printed cotton towel, wood plinth
Sculpture:
15.35 x 14.96 x 13.78 inches
39 x 38 x 35 cm
Plinth:
41.14 x 12.87 x 12.99 inches
104.5 x 32.7 x 33 cm
Danny McDonald
Sci-Fi/ Horror vs Classic Comedy, 2014
1973 Groucho Marx statue (plaster, paint, glitter), Alien action figures (plastic, vinyl), wood plinth
Sculpture:
18.5 x 12.99 x 14.06 inches
47 x 33 x 35.7 cm
Plinth:
41.14 x 12.91 x 12.99 inches
104.5 x 32.8 x 33 cm
Danny McDonald
Ill Balanced Meal, 2014
Frankenstein head (cast foam, paint), artificial food (plastic, rubber), figurine of a mad scientist, (plastic, enamel paint), metal syringe tip, threaded steel rod, wood plinth Sculpture:
25.79 x 14.17 x 10.83 inches
65.5 x 36 x 27.5 cm
Plinth:
41.06 x 12.99 x 12.99 inches
104.3 x 33 x 33 cm
Danny McDonald
The Thirst, 2014
Arnold Schwarzenegger action figure (plastic, vinyl, rubber), plastic sipper cup, plexiglas vitrine, wood plinth Sculpture:
22.72 x 12.99 x 13.07 inches
57.7 x 33 x 33.2 cm
Plinth:
41.14 x 13.07 x 12.99 inches
104.5 x 33.2 x 33 cm
Danny McDonald
Suspension Of Questionable Beliefs, 2014
Sculpture of Christ (resin, paint), action figures & dolls (vinyl, rubber, plastic, artificial hair, fabric, metal), plated metal charm, wood plinth
Sculpture:
27.95 x 9.84 x 9.57 inches
71 x 25 x 24.3 cm
Plinth:
41.02 x 12.99 x 12.99 inches
104.2 x 33 x 33 cm
Danny McDonald
Self Portrait of a Sales Strategy, 2014
Yoda action figures & collectibles (plastic, vinyl, foam, acrylic yarn), hypnotist glasses (lenticular 3-D print, plastic), price tags (paper, string), wood plinth
Sculpture:
29.72 x 12.99 x 12.99 inches 75.5 x 33 x 33 cm
Plinth:
41.14 x 12.99 x 12.99 inches 104.5 x 33 x 33 cm
Danny McDonald
Political Art : The Horror Version, 2014
Mask (latex, plastic, artificial hair, paint), animatronic butterfly (plastic, metal, mechanism), antique American flag, wooden door
84.45 x 32.68 x 13.66 inches 214.5 x 83 x 34.7 cm
Danny McDonald
An Android’s Disco Fantasy, 2014
1983 C-3PO action figure carrying case (plated plastic), disco light (plated plastic, motor, light), wood plinth Plinth:
3.62 x 14.96 x 11.02 inches
9.2 x 38 x 28 cm
Sculpture:
18.5 x 14.96 x 11.02 inches
47 x 38 x 28 cm
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Jay Chung & Q Takeki Maeda
Sheʼs gone, 2009
00:03:30
DVD
Trisha Donnelly
Untitled, 2008
00:06:00
DVD
Adriana Lara
5, 2010
00:08:38
DVD
Danny Mc Donald
Mindy Moves In, 2010
00:09:33
DVD
Susanne M. Winterling
Untitled (loop in two), 2010
super 16mm to DVD
Karl Holmqvist
Iʼm with you in Rockland, 2005
25 min.
DVD
Nina Könnemann
Early Morning Lessons
00:01:48
DVD
Bernadette Corporation
Hell Frozen Over, 2000
00:19:24
DVD
Alex Hubbard
Paranoid Phase of Nautical Twilight, 2009
00:09:33
DVD
Nina Könnemann
Pleasure Beach
00:07:05
DVD
Antek Walczak
Dynasty, 1998
50 min.
DVD
Fernando Palma Rodriguez
Coyote, 2000
00:08:48
DVD
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Danny McDonald
Sci-Fi vs. Fantasy (Darth Vader & Harry Potter & Frodo), 2010
Action figures, bell jar, light sword
Sculpture 31 x 21 x 21 cm
Base 111 x 31 x 31 cm
Danny McDonald
Uncle Sam Offers A Mushroom To A Unicorn, On The Moon, 2010
Action figures, resin mushroom, plastic moon, black fluorescent light
Sculpture 23 x 24 x 24 cm
Base 111x 31 x 31 cm
Danny McDonald
Uncle Sam & A Fly, 2010
Polychrome resin bust, circular staged base, bell jar, plastic fly and rotating mechanism
Sculpture 22 x 22 x 22 cm
Base 111 x 31 x 31 cm
Danny McDonald
A Totem Of Exaggerated Fictional Objects (Soup Can, Idol From “Raiders Of The Lost Arc”, Faberge Egg), 2010
Can, plastic idol and Faberge egg
Sculpture 49 x 15 x15 cm
Base 111 x 31 x 31cm
Danny McDonald
Imitation Art Object Of Questionable Value, 2010
Styrofoam skull, painting and rhinestones
Sculpture 40 x 38 x 30 cm
Base 111 x 31 x 31 cm
Danny McDonald
The Fruit Of Temptation, 2010
Polychrome resin apple, action figure and plastic snake
Sculpture 71 x 58 x 50 cm
Base 86 x 31 x 31 cm
Danny McDonald
Do You Believe It Is Possible For The Dead To Contact The Living? (Thriller), 2010
Michael Jackson action figure and glow in the dark Ouija board
Sculpture 17.5 x 39 x 26 cm
Base 86 x 40 x 26 cm
Danny McDonald
Counterfeit “Bill”, 2010
Styrofoam, bill towel and black hat
Sculpture 110 x 36 x 40 cm
Base 111 x 31 x 31 cm
Danny McDonald
A Bad Joke, 2010
Hearth Ledger T-Shirt, folk base and bell jar
Sculpture 37 x 20 x 20 cm
Base 111 x 31 x 31 cm
Danny McDonald
A Touching Encounter Between Two Mythic Figures, 2010
Porcelain figure and action figure
Sculpture 41 x 32 x 32 cm
Base 111 x 31 x 31 cm
“En este mundo no hay nada cierto, salvo la muerte y los impuestos.”
Benjamín Franklin
“¡Muerte, impuestos y partos! Nunca hay un momento conveniente para ninguno de ellos.”
Margaret Mitchell, Lo que el viento se llevó, 1936.
Primero la noción de persona, del latín personare, que quiere decir resonar. Era la mascara usada por los actores, luego se convirtió en el papel o el actor mismo, para luego derivar en un individuo de la raza humana. Aquel que en la vida real representa una función y que existe hasta el momento de su muerte.
Luego persona moral, del latín persona ficta como forma jurídica y mores, costumbre. O persona jurídica, una entidad no natural o física vista por la ley con el estatus de persona; un sujeto aparente que oculta a los verdaderos. Existe como consecuencia del acto jurídico de constitución y puede tener una vida que exceda la de aquellas personas que la constituyen.
Entonces la pregunta es, ¿cómo y qué declarar ya sea como persona física o como persona moral, en la dinámica de la exposición colectiva de verano? Performances pasados, retratos, cuerpos y proyectos de largo plazo, personajes ficticios y Empresas… Para aquellos que declaran y aquellos que deciden no hacerlo. Para aquellas personas morales y las que son inmorales, e incluso aquellas que no existen.
Fernando Mesta
Junio 2010 , México D.F.
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Alex Hubbard
2010
Canvas and fiber glass
123 x 116 cm
Antek Walczak
Redundancy in an Adaptive Dictionary (2010)
A pair of canvases with silkscreen prints
91 x 91cm
Bernadette Corporation
2010
Photograph/ Set of 5 images
84 x 64 cm
Edition
Daniel Mc Donald
A Presentation of Ashes, With Towel & Video (2010)
Towel: $100 Bill Towel (hand-dyed, silkscreened cotton towel) Bottle, Video. 17′ 28”
162 x 72x 97 cm
Diego Berruecos
Dos Diegos Photograph Serie: 2 de 3
54 x 43 cm c/u
Emily Sundblad
CD/ Lista de canciones: Si me dejas te destruyo. (2010)
S/P
Guillermo Santamarina
Hacia Una Nueva Revolucion (2010)
Wood, cover albums, glasses and acrylic painting
J&Q
Hans Ulrich Obrist interview Vol. I-1
Book/Edition of 1000
200 EUR c/u
Pamela Rosenkranz
The most important Body of Water is Yours (2010)
Acryl on Spandex
1.78 x 2.3 cm
Pamela Rosenkranz
Firm Being, 2009
Silicone with Pigments in PET Bottle
21 x 7 x 7 cm
Ricardo Nicolayevsky
Lost Portraits (1982-1985)