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
DescriptionThree screens show a mountain. The image is slowly being cut away by a figure to reveal the words "WOW MOM."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.
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