WOW MOM
Artist
Brian Bress
(American, born 1975)
CultureAmerican
Date2015
MediumHigh-definition synchronized three channel video (color), three high-definition monitors and players, wall mounts, framed
Dimensions38 × 75 in. (96.5 × 190.5 cm)
Video duration: 18 minutes, 18 seconds
Video duration: 18 minutes, 18 seconds
PortfolioArtist Proof (Edition 1 + Artist Proof)
Credit LineMuseum purchase and partial gift of the artist and Cherry and Martin, Los Angeles
Object number2017.12
Not on view
Label TextBrian Bress
American, b. 1975
WOWMOM, 2015
High-definition, synchronized three-channel video (color), three high-definition monitors and players, wall mounts, framed, 18 min., 18, sec., loop
In WOWMOM, a mountainous landscape falls away as figures cut it apart from behind. The actions calls attention to the “fourth wall”—the imaginary plane that separates viewers from a performance or, in this case, the landscape that initially appears as the surface of the screens. The Muppet-like figures challenge our assumptions about televised imagery, especially the depictions of figures and landscapes. According to Bress, his work plays “around with the illusion of putting a figure inside a flat glowing box.”
Museum purchase and partial gift of the artist and Cherry and Martin, Los Angeles 2017.12ProvenanceBrian Bress; Chrysler Museum of Art, 2017Exhibition History"In the Box: Brian Bress: "Man with a Cigarette" and "WOW MOM"," Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA, September 15, 2016 - May 7, 2017.
2012
