Chad Person
{{short description|American contemporary artist (born 1978)}}
Chad Person (born 1978) is an American contemporary artist primarily known for his sculptural and collage works.{{cite web|url=https://latimesblogs.latimes.com/culturemonster/2010/08/art-review-chad-person-at-mark-moore.html|title=Art review: Chad Person at Mark Moore|date=6 August 2010|publisher=}}
Work
His project: RECESS (resource exhaustion crisis evacuation safety shelter) is an example of his conceptual approach.{{cite web|url=http://www.chadperson.com/recess/|title=Account Suspended|website=www.chadperson.com|accessdate=20 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171115030808/http://chadperson.com/recess/|archive-date=15 November 2017|url-status=dead}} In this ongoing project, Person undertakes a DIY conversion of a swimming pool into a bomb shelter / survival bunker, highlighting the potentially negative outcomes of maintaining a hardcore survivalist mentality. The intentionally controversial subject matter in project RECESS led Asylum to label Person "the most paranoid man in America".{{Cite web |url=http://www.asylum.com/2010/08/31/survival-shelter-chad-person/ |title=Artist Builds Backyard Survival Shelter, Homemade Shotgun Robot - Asylum.com |access-date=2011-05-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110422103447/http://www.asylum.com/2010/08/31/survival-shelter-chad-person/ |archive-date=2011-04-22 |url-status=dead }}
In 2010, one of his sculptures was seized from Mark Moore Gallery by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives pending allegations that it was an illegally manufactured and trafficked firearm.{{Cite web|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/11/chad-persons-taxcut-collages_n_1417653.html|title = Currency Collages More Clever Than You Think| website=HuffPost |date = 11 April 2012}}{{cite web|url=http://www.shtfblog.com/is-it-legal-to-make-build-or-manufacture-a-gun/|title=Is it Legal to Make, Build or Manufacture a Gun?|website=www.shtfblog.com|accessdate=20 November 2018}}
Person is also known for his collages that used sliced up American dollar bills.{{cite web|url=https://inhabitat.com/nyc/chad-person-makes-mythical-beasts-and-military-vehicles-from-sliced-dollar-bills/|title=Chad Person Makes Mythical Beasts and Military Vehicles from Sliced Dollar Bills|publisher=|access-date=2019-02-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161018124519/http://inhabitat.com/nyc/chad-person-makes-mythical-beasts-and-military-vehicles-from-sliced-dollar-bills/|archive-date=2016-10-18|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=https://laughingsquid.com/cut-money-collage-art-by-chad-person/|title=Cut Money Collage Art by Chad Person|date=10 April 2012|publisher=}}{{cite web|url=http://flavorwire.com/421278/intricate-collages-made-from-strips-of-cash|title=Intricate Collages Made From Strips of Cash|date=21 October 2013|publisher=}} One such work, Yixing Teapot and iPod (from the series Worshipping Mammon: An Exploration of Value), is in the collection of the New Mexico Museum of Art.{{cite web|title=Yixing Teapot and iPod (from the series Worshipping Mammon: An Exploration of Value)|url=http://sam.nmartmuseum.org/objects/19510/yixing-teapot-and-ipod-from-the-series-worshipping-mammon?ctx=6fd2b338-cdc1-4fa9-859e-af5a85a87d6f&idx=0|publisher=New Mexico Museum of Art}}
His collaboration with Hiroshi Fuji was featured in the Site Santa Fe Biennial in 2008.{{citation needed|date=February 2019}}
In 2015 he presented Prospector, a forty-foot high inflatable sculpture, in downtown Denver Colorado.{{cite web|url=https://www.westword.com/arts/prospector-will-loom-over-denver-today-in-new-black-cube-pop-up-7266446|title="Prospector" Will Loom Over Denver Today, in New Black Cube Pop-Up|first=Lauren|last=Archuletta|date=21 October 2015|website=Westword}}{{cite web|url=https://www.denverpost.com/2015/10/23/40-foot-inflatable-prospector-sculpture-rises-near-colorado-capitol/|title=40-foot inflatable prospector sculpture rises near Colorado Capitol|date=23 October 2015|publisher=}}{{cite web|url=https://denver.cbslocal.com/2015/10/30/big-blue-prospector-inflatable-hard-to-miss-in-downtown-denver/|title=Big Blue Prospector Inflatable Hard To Miss In Downtown Denver|date=30 October 2015|publisher=}}
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External links
- [http://www.chadperson.com/ official website]
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