Website

http://www.wooloo.org/uhhuh

Relationship status

married

College / University

Earlham College

Program

Art

Graduation

3 June 1973

Member type

Artist

If you're an artist, what kind of art do you make?

Conceptual, Painting

I am...

I am a reasonable man.

About my artwork

Words, cliches and colloquial expressions in American English are the center of my art activities. I collect them, edit them, arrange them and hand paint them in an italicized digital font of my design.

The digital font is consistent, technical, empirical and precise while the subject matter is composed of informal communication habits. The font is neutral, like radio, so a variety of topics can be used as subjects.

Idioms are the perfect folk art. They belong to no one, are not authored by anyone but are used by everyone. They are readymade, pure media and part of the fabric of American English.

After an editorial process they are hand painted on canvas, paper or mylar. In some cases these phrases are used in message readers, live readings, and towed behind airplanes. In addition, I make and sell am award winning gourmet spice blend called Uh Huh.



© John Boone, 2008

Artists I like

VITO ACCONCI ...
LAURIE ANDERSON ...
JANINE ANTONI ...
JOHN BALDESSARI ...
CHRIS BURDEN ...
MAURISIO CATTLELAN ...
CHRISTO AND JEAN CLAUDE ...
CHUCK CLOSE ...
STUART DAVIS ...
MARCEL DUCHAMP ...
FISCHLI & WEISS ...
RONI HORN ...
CHUCK JONES ...
JASPER JOHNS ...
DONALD JUDD ...
DAVID HAMMONS ...
ALLAN KAPROW ...
ELLSWORTH KELLY ...
SOL LEWITT ...
LES LEVINE ...
ROY LICHTENSTEIN ...
RENE MAGRITTE ...
AGNES MARTIN ...
ROBERTO MATTA ...
JUAN MIRO ...
MARY MISS ...
PIET MONDRIAN ...
BRUCE NAUMAN ...
BARNETT NEWMAN ...
ISAMU NOGUCHI ...
YOKO ONO ...
NAM JUNE PAIK ...
JACKSON POLLACK ...
ROBERT RAUSHENBERG ...
AD REINHARDT ...
GERHARD RICHTER ...
ED RUSCHA ...
RICHARD SERRA ...
ROBERT SMITHSON ...
DAVID SMITH ...
SAUL STEINBERG ...
JOHANAS VERMEER ...
ANDY WARHOL ...

Interests

Formula 1
Cooking
Dining
TV
Film

What exhibitions are good at the moment?

Thomas Nozkowski
Olafur Eliasson
Gregory Crewdson
Tseng Kwong Chi
Ashley Bickerton
TXT MSG
MURAKAMI
Jasper Johns
Corbet
Cai Guo-Qiang

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