Barbara mentioned Brian Jungen's masks on Art Education list. I was
intrigued to see what I could find. Masks are made entirely of Nike
Air Jordans - very interesting.
Wow...check these out:
http://www.secession.at/art/2003_jungen_e.html
"Brian Jungen's sculptures are among the central artistic
contributions to current reformulations of ethnological and cultural
evolutionary perspectives. In this respect, Jungen, who belongs to the
culture of the Dàne-Zaa Indians (First Nations), does not pursue the
reanimation of a marginalized (image) language and symbolism. Instead,
his works show culture as a fusion of cultures, so that the belief in
an authenticity and a preeminence in terms of both an Indian and a
dominant Western tradition is called into question. In addition, his
works emphasize the significance of an aesthetic language as a tool
for an emancipatory cultural criticism." (quoted from Secession site)
