June MacArthur
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Artist Statement
I’ve prepared for you all this spectacle of temporal manipulation. Conjured into existence through sheer willpower, dumpster diving, Soul searching, and soul finding, immense stupidity, and humility and willingness to learn.
A show so executive, it defies the dysfunction.
You’ll be blown away by the intricacies left horribly lacking, and general unfinished nature of the whole affair. Come one come all and see this tub I bought on ebay and mounted my own homemade metal cock as its shower head. Walls of color and light will twist your mind to new heights.
When I was thirteen I saw three white doves peck a crow baby to death in a mcdonald's parking lot and ever since then I’ve dedicated my life to making things that send signals that can't quite be comprehended.
If you understand my art work let me know what it means because all I’ve got is an oral fixation and a toothache.
No but really I think it’s just worth pointing out that life is as arbitrary as we make it. Maybe you don't need to hear it since you're so smart and all, but I bet someone does so when given a platform I will use it. Life is a series of decisions made partly in tandem with each other and depending on your level of mental awareness and cohesion. For some time loses meaning, sounds lose vibrancy, and a grey filter sinks over life. So then the response might be too verindulge in those things that once gave life meaning, to overreach yourself and fall. Then only pray that the cycle still has time left for you to swing to the top again, one more time, before being plunged into darkness, and the sort of uncomfortable feeling that feels so at home in your private spaces. Where you can hide away and categorize the world, give everything a name and a meaning and pack it away in a neat little box. And one day we’ll all end up in that box as well.
Click to view Slightly larger than fist sized bronze sculpture of a wax cube melting into squid like tentacles. Full-Screen
Eldritch Cube // Polished cast bronze // 8 x 4 x 4 inches , 10 lbs.
Click to view Coffee table made from Black Walnut wood mortise and tenon construction with no fasteners only adhesive, stain dark brown with boiled linseed oil. Full-Screen
Black Walnut Coffee Table // Black walnut wood, maple wood, glue, Boiled linseed oil // 3 ½ x 2 ½ x 1 ½ feet, 20 lbs.
Click to view Eight Carrick bend knots, and one Celtic knot cast in Iron, laid on leather jacket. Full-Screen
Cast Iron Knots // Raw cast iron // ~3 x 3 x 1 inches, ~3-5 lbs.
Click to view Cast iron male genitalia covered in tan constructions adhesive, mounted on 3/4 Galvanized Steel water pipe. Full-Screen
Take a Bath: Detail, Cast iron Penis Showerhead // Cast iron, construction adhesive, galvanized steel water pipes // ~1 foot x 1 inch diameter, 10 lbs.
Click to view Mop head mounted on a piece of wood attached to a box fan motor, held in place by guitar strings mounted to the wall bracket and ratcheting mechanism, held by vice grips. Electric wire runs off-screen. Full-Screen
Abstract Kinetic Motion Study: Still // Box fan motor, wood, ratchet mechanism, vice grips, Guitar strings, wall bracket, Jingly bits of metal, Mop head, hose clamp, screw // ~2 x 2 feet, 5 lbs.
Click to view Clawfoot bathtub with piping installed to cast iron shower head in the shape of male genitalia. Small black fountain pump running water through shower head. Full-Screen
Take a Bath // Cast iron clawfoot tub, water, fountain pump, acrylic tubing, digital timer, galvanized steel water pipes, cast iron penis showerhead // 6 x 4 ½ x 2 ½ feet, ~150 lbs.
Click to view Framed watercolor print of abstract purple spherical shapes behind museum glass. Full-Screen
Portrait of the mental Self: Still from (A trip) video on youtube // Maple wood frame, museum glass, watercolor print of video still // 8 x 16 x 2 inches, 2 lbs.