Tony Oursler

Available Artwork


Purple Resonant Dust, 2006
fiberglas sculpture, projector, dvd plaver
50” x 50” x 50”
Video Documentation



Ligloc, 2006
fiberglas sculpture on stand, projector, dvd plaver
50” x 20” x 10” on variable stand
Video Documentation



Unexplained Worms, 2007
fiberglas sculpture, projector, dvd plaver
68” x 82” x 31”
Video Documentation



Blue Negative, 2000
Hand-blown glass, projector, dvd player
dimensions variable



Black Twist, 2007
fiberglas sculpture on stand, projector, dvd plaver
21” x 20” x 5” on variable stand



Green Pod, 2003
Acrylic and gouache on paper
11” x 14” uf



Yell, 2003
Clay
4 1/2” x 3 1/2”



Yellow Yell, 2003
Acrylic and gouache on paper
19” x 24” uf



Complimentary Donut, 2003
Collage on paper
14” x 17” uf



Conrad Void, 2003
Acrylic and gouache on paper
8” x 11 1/5” uf



Smirk, 2003
Clay
4 1/2” x 3 1/2”



Dark Donut, 2003
Collage on paper
14” x 17” uf



Pea, 2003
Clay
4 1/2” x 3 1/2”



Pink Pod, 2003
Acrylic and gouache on paper
19” x 24” uf



Purple Donut, 2003
Acrylic and gouache on paper
19” x 24” uf



Slip, 2003
Clay
4 1/2” x 3 1/2”

Tony Oursler has gained international renown with controversial exhibitions staged around the world in museums and galleries. For over ten years these shows have combined sculpture, video and performance with a unique primacy that rivets viewers with irony and pathos.

Since the early 90’s he has become best known for his installations of makeshift puppets upon whose large heads projected video images of real faces cycle through expressions and scripted monologues. Both the modesty of his installations (which often involve found furniture, or simple cast shapes) and the austere presentation of exposed projectors give the works a disarming simplicity. Despite their obvious artifice Oursler’s creatures are shockingly real, enough to entrap the viewer’s attention and suspend disbelief of his bizarre form of reality.

The artist’s research into the history of moving images, spirit images, psychological disorders and cases of multiple personality have provided inspiration for the scripted mutterings, screams and twitches that he and his actors record on video. Recent large installations have drawn from youth culture, and wireless communication.

Click here for Tony Oursler at The Center for Contemporary Art in Warsaw, Poland

Click here for Tony Ourlser at MASS MOCA

Click here for Tony Oursler at LA MOCA

Click here for Tony Oursler at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

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