Exercise 7: Karen Lee

Brian Jungen
His work->http://www.catrionajeffries.com/b_b_jungen_works.html

Prototype for New Understanding 2005

Nike air Jordans

" I was interested in the ubiquitousness of native motifs, especially in Vancouver, and how they have been corrupted and applied and assimilated commercially, e.g in the tourist industry. It was interesting to see how by simply manipulating the Air Jordan shoes you could evoke specific manipulating the Air Jordan shoes you could evoke specific cultural traditions whilst simultaneously amplifying the process of cultural corruption and assimilation. The Nike "mask" sculptures seemed to articulate a paradoxical relationship between a consumerist artifact and an "authentic" native artefact" (Quote by Brian Jungen)

(Augaitis D.(2005) Brian Jungen.Vancouver:Friesens)