Michael Queenland: Rudy’s Ramp of Remainders

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Event:
Michael Queenland: Rudy’s Ramp of Remainders
Start:
Sep 15, 2012 11:00 AM
End:
Dec 22, 2012 6:00 PM
Cost:
Free
Organizer:
Elizabeth Pezza
Phone:
310.586.6488
info@smmoa.org
Updated:
September 10, 2012
Venue:
Santa Monica Museum of Art
Phone:
310.586.6488
Address:
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Bergamot Station G1, 2525 Michigan Avenue, Santa Monica, CA, 90404, United States
Michael Queenland installation detail

Rudy’s Ramp of Remainders is a new sculptural installation by acclaimed artist Michael Queenland. Rudy’s Ramp of Remainders is inspired by Rudis Resterampe—which roughly translates to “Rudy’s Pile of Leftovers”—a German discount store filled with surplus items that Queenland discovered during his 2009 fellowship at the American Academy in Berlin. Queenland’s installation allegorically transforms various found materials into “ramps”–loosely grouped objects composed into discrete sculptural assemblages. These sculptures reveal how Queenland’s intervention reshapes the commonplace and embeds unexpected connotations into cultural material.