Aaron Young

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Aaron Young is a contemporary American artist with work spanning the mediums of performance, sculpture, photography and drawing – he achieved recognition with his student project video that featured a motorcyclist repeatedly riding around the San Francisco Art Institute.

« The demystification of art is very important to me. »

- Aaron Young

Big Daddy Kane

Painting - Mixed Media

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Young’s artistic techniques and the creation of his pieces are as much part of the exhibition as the final output; his work is heavily centred around collaboration, and Young is known to approach various subcultures (bikers, skaters, tattoo artists) with whom he works alongside.

« Pay attention to who you allow your children’s identifying information, why does the doctor need them? Why does the school need that? »
- Aaron Young

The Young and The Driftless, a ‘painting’ made on a panel of safety glass surrounding the gallery, is one of Young’s most revered works – it was created by a biker speeding around the room; the floor was coated in spray glue and the rubber shavings produced by the friction of the bike tyre were subsequently collected by this glue – the final image was a self-portrait of the artist.

United States / male artist / Performance art / Conceptual art / Process Art / Appropriation / Found Object / Activist art / Abstract art

ARTWORKS BY Aaron Young

Aaron Young

Big Daddy Kane, 2014

Painting

Mixed Media

Currently Not Available

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What is Found Object?

Found object is the term used for a man-made or natural object, or object fragment which an artist either finds or buys, keeping it for inspiration or as a work of art. The artist may also modify it, or use it for collage or assemblage.

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