{"id":4819,"date":"2016-09-30T06:52:24","date_gmt":"2016-09-30T10:52:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/?p=4819"},"modified":"2017-04-05T20:53:34","modified_gmt":"2017-04-06T00:53:34","slug":"conrad-bakker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/conrad-bakker\/","title":{"rendered":"Conrad Bakker"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_9642\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-4819-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interview\/conradbakker.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interview\/conradbakker.mp3\">http:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interview\/conradbakker.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/interviews-by-brainard-carey\/id1468502583?mt=2&amp;ls=1\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_itunes\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Apple Podcasts\" rel=\"nofollow\">Apple Podcasts<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/5ZxsN79E1W6VJOjQF9GNuZ\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_spotify\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Spotify\" rel=\"nofollow\">Spotify<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/tunein.com\/radio\/Interviews-by-Brainard-Carey-p1236598\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_tunein\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on TuneIn\" rel=\"nofollow\">TuneIn<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/feeds.podcastmirror.com\/interviews-by-brainard\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/goo.gl\/xSQrKY\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_more\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click here to  join mailing list\" rel=\"nofollow\">Click here to  join mailing list<\/a><\/p><p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.untitledprojects.com\/conradbakker\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4821 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/BAKKER-SELF.jpg?resize=272%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"bakker-self\" width=\"272\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/BAKKER-SELF.jpg?resize=272%2C300&amp;ssl=1 272w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/BAKKER-SELF.jpg?resize=768%2C847&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/BAKKER-SELF.jpg?resize=928%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 928w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/BAKKER-SELF.jpg?resize=624%2C688&amp;ssl=1 624w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/BAKKER-SELF.jpg?w=1392&amp;ssl=1 1392w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/BAKKER-SELF.jpg?w=2088&amp;ssl=1 2088w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 272px) 100vw, 272px\" \/>Conrad Bakker<\/a> makes carved and painted sculptures of everyday objects and places them in\u00a0consumer contexts and\/or gallery exhibitions to reveal and critically comment upon the political\u00a0economies and relational networks between persons and things.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Bakker has exhibited his work internationally in venues that include: Tate Modern (London), Galerie\u00a0Analix Forever (Geneva), Fargfabriken Center for Contemporary Art and Architecture (Stockholm),\u00a0Mus\u00e9e d\u2019art contemporain de Lyon (Lyon), the New Museum of Contemporary Art (New York), the\u00a0Renaissance Society at the University of Chicago (Chicago), the Contemporary Art Museum\u00a0Houston, in mailboxes, ebay auctions, and on his front lawn. His work has been the subject of\u00a0numerous articles and reviews in publications that include: Frieze, Contemporary, Flash Art, Art\u00a0Forum, Sculpture, The Chicago Tribune, The New York Times, and The New Yorker magazine.\u00a0Bakker has been awarded individual artist grants from the Creative Capital Foundation, The Illinois\u00a0Arts Council, and the Joan Mitchell Foundation Painters and Sculptors Grant Program.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Recent projects include: Untitled Project: Honda CB77 Superhawk for the group exhibition\u00a0Motopo\u00e9tique at the Mus\u00e9e d&#8217;art contemporain de Lyon. Untitled Project: The Crystal Land for\u00a0Station Independent Projects (New York City). Salt 10: Conrad Bakker,<a href=\"http:\/\/www.untitledprojects.com\/robertsmithsonlibraryandbookclub\"> Untitled Project: Robert\u00a0Smithson Library &amp; Book Club<\/a> for the Utah Museum of Fine Arts (Salt Lake City) and the Wright\u00a0Museum, Beloit College. Untitled Project: Still Life \/ Style Leaf at Devening Projects (Chicago), and\u00a0Untitled Project: Cabin [Thoreau] for La Littorale #6 Internationale Biennale D&#8217;Art Contemporain,\u00a0Anglet C\u00f4te-Basque (France).<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Books he is currently reading &#8211; Richard Sennett \u00a0\u2014 \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Together-Rituals-Pleasures-Politics-Cooperation\/dp\/0300188285\">Together: The Rituals, Pleasures and Politics of Cooperation<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Art-Production-Beyond-Market\/dp\/3943365948\">Art Production beyond the Art Market?<\/a> edited by Karen van den Berg and Ursula Pasero<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4822\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4822\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4822 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/29862432615_a7d9191ac1_z.jpg?resize=640%2C473&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"29862432615_a7d9191ac1_z\" width=\"640\" height=\"473\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/29862432615_a7d9191ac1_z.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/29862432615_a7d9191ac1_z.jpg?resize=300%2C222&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/29862432615_a7d9191ac1_z.jpg?resize=624%2C461&amp;ssl=1 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4822\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Untitled Project: Robert Smithson Library &amp; Book Club (detail)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4823\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4823\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4823 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/29295357551_4ec21c561a_z.jpg?resize=640%2C526&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"29295357551_4ec21c561a_z\" width=\"640\" height=\"526\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/29295357551_4ec21c561a_z.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/29295357551_4ec21c561a_z.jpg?resize=300%2C247&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/29295357551_4ec21c561a_z.jpg?resize=624%2C513&amp;ssl=1 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4823\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Untitled Project: Cabin [Thoreau]\u00a0 (Biennale Internationale D\u2019Art Contemporain Anglet-C\u00f4te Basque)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"p3\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>http:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interview\/conradbakker.mp3Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | TuneIn | RSS | Click here to join mailing listConrad Bakker makes carved and painted sculptures of everyday objects and places them in\u00a0consumer contexts and\/or gallery exhibitions to reveal and critically comment upon the political\u00a0economies and relational networks between persons and things. 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