You kids can have your iPods and your iPads and your musical brain implants. Us, we like to spin it old school. And we’re far from alone. Vinyl record sales have been way up in the past few years. In fact, LP fetishism has become so intense that it’s begotten its very own art exhibit. Beginning in September, the Nasher Museum will host a show called The Record: Contemporary Art and Vinyl, featuring contributors from Laurie Anderson and David Byrne to Jasper Johns and Ed Ruscha. Now, we know you’ve seen enough vinyl bowls, cuffs, and purses to last you a lifetime. But it’s high time we considered records as the inspiration for first-rate fine art. After the jump, gawk at a couple of our favorite works from Nasher’s online preview — along with some other gorgeous examples of LP art.
Laurie Anderson, Viophonograph, 1976. Photo by Bob Bielecki. Image from Nasher’s The Record via Coolhunting.
Fatimah Tuggar, Turntable, 1996. Image from Nasher’s The Record via Coolhunting.
Record Store Window, Amsterdam. Buy it at Etsy.
Christian Marclay, 2822 Records (PS1), 1987-2009. Images via P.S. 1.
Elle Moss, Songbird. Buy the photo at Etsy.
Jean Shin, Sound Wave, 2007. Image via The Maas: Media.
Maureen Duncan, Under the Big Black Sun. Oil on vinyl record. Image via Brooklyn Arts Council.
Matt Schwartz, Girl with Records. Image via She Hit Pause Studios. (Here we want to add a little endorsement: We own the photo above and love it. This is great, very affordable art. More images with vinyl records over at She Hit Pause.)














Comments (5)
San Francisco Bay Area artist Squeak Carnwath has made vinyl a part of her working vocabulary for some years now. Witness: http://www.squeakcarnwath.com/print_28.html
But it turns up over and over:
http://www.squeakcarnwath.com/art_paint_top.html
San Francisco Bay Area artist Squeak Carnwath, whose work is both diaristic and fueled by memory, has made vinyl a part of her working vocabulary for some years now. Witness:
http://www.squeakcarnwath.com/art_paint_top.html
Love the record floor and the wave. Great! Thinking I may do my bathroom floor like that… give one something to stare at. :)
Shogun Kunitoki, the finnish krautrock-y vintage synth group (amazing) made their most recent record an animated 12″, they sell the solder-it-yourself strobe light that makes it work through their website. The light is shaped like an owl.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FIqbZNblFmo
great record to look at and listen to.
Wish I could see the Nasher exhibit. That playing of a record made of ice sounded amazing. Hope someday my work might even fit in with a show like that.
Peace,
@vinylart
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