Tom Friedman - Luhring Augustine

Tom Friedman
Born 1965

Tom Friedman
<i>Untitled (Pizza)</i>, 2013
Styrofoam and paint
86 x 86 x 5 inches
(218.44 x 218.44 x 12.7 cm)

Tom Friedman
<i>Untitled (Pizza)</i>, 2013
Detail
Styrofoam and paint
86 x 86 x 5 inches
(218.44 x 218.44 x 12.7 cm)

Tom Friedman
<i>Untitled (Hostess Treats)</i>, 2013
Styrofoam and paint
15 1/2 x 61 x 61 inches
(39.37 x 154.94 x 154.94 cm)

Tom Friedman
<i>Untitled (Pea)</i>, 2013
Styrofoam and paint
3/8 inches
0.95 cm

Tom Friedman
<i>Untitled (White Bread)</i>, 2013
Styrofoam and paint
36 x 36 x 3 7/8 inches
(91.44 x 91.44 x 9.84 cm)

Installation view
Solo booth exhibition of Tom Friedman
Frieze New York
May 10 - 13, 2013

<i>Untitled (sun)</i>, 2012
Wood, Styrofoam and paint
Approximately 3,650 12-inch wooden dowels, painted yellow, were stuck and glued into a 12-inch Styrofoam ball, at varying angles.
32 x 32 x 32 inches
(81.28 x 81.28 x 81.28 cm)

<i>Untitled (lily pads)</i>, 2012
Collage
Three separate collages, each the same size, were made with circles cut from various magazines. Each collage was then cut into 1/8 inch strips and combined systematically into one collage.
41 3/4 x 71 inches
(106.05 x 180.34 cm)

<i>Untitled (peeing figure)</i>, 2012
Stainless steel
From an edition of 3 and 2 artist's proofs
Figure: 96 x 30 x 27 inches
(243.84 x 76.2 x 68.58 cm)
Urine stream: 56 x 10 x 1/2 inches
(142.24 x 25.4 x 1.27 cm)

<i>Untitled (video camera)</i>, 2012
Wood and paint
63 1/2 x 44 1/2 x 44 1/2 inches
(161.29 x 113.03 x 113.03 cm)

<i>Untitled (kite)</i>, 2012
Wood, paint and monofilament
Diameter of base: 41 1/2 inches
Figure: 1 1/8 x 3/8 inches
String: Dimension varies

<i>Untitled (kite)</i>, 2012
Detail
Wood, paint and monofilament
Diameter of base: 41 1/2 inches
Figure: 1 1/8 x 3/8 inches
String: Dimension varies

<i>Untitled (verisimilitude)</i>, 2012
Graphite on paper
15 5/16 x 12 7/16 inches
(38.89 x 31.59 cm)

<i>Untitled (verisimilitude)</i>, 2012
Detail
Graphite on paper
15 5/16 x 12 7/16 inches
(38.89 x 31.59 cm)

Tom Friedman
Untitled <i>(Dollar Bill Back)</i>, 2011
Detail
Colored pencil on paper
26 x 60 ½ inches

Tom Friedman
Untitled, 2011
Yarn
53 x 49 inches

Tom Friedman
Untitled, 2011
Detail
Yarn
53 x 49 inches

Tom Friedman
<i>Untitled (blue creature)</i>, 2010
Styrofoam and acrylic paint
90 x 29 x 8 inches

Tom Friedman
Untitled <i>(blue creature)</i>, 2010
Detail
Styrofoam and acrylic paint
90 x 29 x 8 inches

Tom Friedman
Untitled<i> (blue creature)</i>, 2010
Styrofoam and acrylic paint
90 x 29 x 8 inches

Tom Friedman
<i>Circle Dance</i>, 2009
Aluminum foil
7 ½ x 23 x 23 inches

Tom Friedman
<i>Up in the Air</i>, 2009
Mixed media
Variable dimensions
Installation at Magasin 3 Konsthall, Stockholm

Tom Friedman
<i>Open Black Box</i>, 2006
Black construction paper
137 x 137 x 137 inches

Tom Friedman
<i>flatyarnmonster</i>, 2006
Yarn
66 x 62 inches

Tom Friedman
Untitled, 2005
Paint
Each: 4 x 11 ¼ x 4 ¾ inches
A replica of the artist’s shoes made entirely out of paint

Tom Friedman
Untitled, 2005
Colored pencil on paper
19 x 24 inches

Tom Friedman
Untitled, 2002
Cardboard box and Styrofoam
23 ¾ x 27 x 27 inches
A cardboard box covered with Styrofoam balls

Tom Friedman
Untitled, 2002
Packing peanuts
22 x 22 x 22 inches
A cube made by gluing together pink packing peanuts

Tom Friedman
Untitled, 2001
Photographs and museum board
60 x 40 inches
Approximately 36 passport photographs cut into small squares and combined to make one large portrait

Tom Friedman
Untitled, 2000
Construction paper
12 x 114 x 120 inches

Tom Friedman
Untitled, 1999
Sugar cubes
48 x 17 x 10 inches
A self-portrait made from sugar cube

Tom Friedman
Untitled, 1999
Cardboard and Styrofoam
100 x 30 x 22 inches
A robot made from cardboard and covered with Styrofoam balls

Tom Friedman
Untitled, 1999
Dollar bills
14 x 35 ¼ inches
36 dollar bills combined to make one large dollar bill

Tom Friedman
Untitled, 1997
Marker on paper
30 x 32 inches
A field of dots made by placing a marker on a piece of paper and allowing the ink to bleed

Tom Friedman
Untitled, 1997
Detail
Marker on paper
30 x 32 inches
A field of dots made by placing a marker on a piece of paper and allowing the ink to bleed

Tom Friedman
Untitled, 1997
Ink on paper
54 x 42 ½ inches
A drawing of an accumulation of dots connected by lines and arrows

Tom Friedman
Untitled, 1997
Detail
Ink on paper
54 x 42 ½ inches
A drawing of an accumulation of dots connected by lines and arrows

Tom Friedman
<i>Secrets</i>, 1997
Ink on paper
11 x 8 ½ inches
The artist’s secrets written so small they can’t be read

Tom Friedman
<i>Space Station</i>, 1997
Household objects and spray paint
32 x 32 x 17 inches
A space station made with objects found around the house, spraypainted white

Tom Friedman
<i>1000 Hours of Staring</i>, 1992-97
Paper
32 ½ x 32 ½ inches
A blank piece of paper stared at by the artist for 1,000 hours

Tom Friedman
Untitled, 1997
Colored pencil and graphite on paper
Left: 41 x 45 ½ inches
Right: 41 ½ x 41 ¼ inches

Tom Friedman
Untitled, 1996
Cardboard box corners
24 x 33 x 31 inches
A construction made from the corners of cardboard boxes that contained products the artist used over the course of one year

Tom Friedman
Untitled, 1996
C-print
Edition of 7
3 x 4 ¼ inches
A snapshot-sized photograph in which an image of a small clay sculpture has been merged with one of a landscape

Tom Friedman
Untitled, 1995
Toothpicks
26 x 30 x 23 inches
A starburst construction made out of 30,000 toothpicks

Tom Friedman
Untitled, 1995
Cereal boxes
31 ¼ x 21 ¼ x 6 ¾ inches
Nine Total cereal boxes cut into small squares and combined to make one large box

Tom Friedman
<i>Everything</i>, 1995
Ink on paper
36 x 36 inches
All of the words in an English language dictionary written on a piece of paper

Tom Friedman
<i>Everything</i>, 1995
Detail
Ink on paper
36 x 36 inches
All of the words in an English language dictionary written on a piece of paper

Tom Friedman
Untitled, 1995
Pastel on paper
19 ½ x 15 ¾ inches

Tom Friedman
Untitled, 1995
Pencils
11 x 14 x 11 inches
Sections of pencil glued together end-to-end to form a continuous loop

Tom Friedman
<i>Loop</i>, 1995
Spaghetti
Diameter: 12 inches
All the strands from a one-pound box of spaghetti, cooked, dried and connected end-to-end. The first piece connects to the last to form a continuous loop

Tom Friedman
Untitled, 1995
Pill capsule and Play-Doh
¼ x ¾ x ¼ inches
A gelatin pill capsule filled with tiny spheres of Play-Doh

Tom Friedman
Untitled, 1995
Detail
Pill capsule and Play-Doh
¼ x ¾ x ¼ inches
A gelatin pill capsule filled with tiny spheres of Play-Doh

Tom Friedman
Untitled, 1994
Aspirin
¼ x 3/8 x 3/8 inches
A self-portrait carved from an aspirin

Tom Friedman
Untitled, 1993
Black and white photograph
Edition of 7
35 x 25 inches

Tom Friedman
Untitled, 1993
Plastic cups
Diameter: 40 inches
A continuous ring of plastic drinking cups, one inside the other

Tom Friedman
Untitled, 1992
Wooden school chair
34 x 22 x 22 inches
Hundreds of holes drilled into a wooden school chair

Tom Friedman
Untitled, 1992
Garbage bags and pedestal
63 x 28 x 20 inches
Approximately 3,000 garbage bags layered one inside the other until no more could be added

Tom Friedman
Untitled<i> (A Curse)</i>, 1992
Witch’s curse and pedestal
52 x 11 x 11 inches
A spherical space 11 inches in diameter and 11 inches above the pedestal that has been cursed by a witch

Tom Friedman
Untitled, 1992
Feces on pedestal
Pedestal: 20 x 20 x 20 inches
A sphere of the artist’s feces ½ mm in diameter centered on a cubed pedestal

Tom Friedman
Untitled, 1992
Detail
Feces on pedestal
Pedestal: 20 x 20 x 20 inches
A sphere of the artist’s feces ½ mm in diameter centered on a cubed pedestal

Tom Friedman
Untitled, 1992
Stolen balls
20 x 36 inches
About 200 balls, stolen by the artist over a six-month period

Tom Friedman
Untitled, 1990
Bubble gum
Approximately 1,500 pieces of chewed bubble gum molded into a sphere and displayed at head height in a corner, hanging by its own stickiness

Tom Friedman
Untitled, 1990
Paper
2 parts, each: 11 x 8 ½ inches
Two identically wrinkled sheets of paper

Tom Friedman
Untitled, 1989
Toothpaste
43 ½ x 36 ½ inches
Toothpaste applied to the wall

Tom Friedman
Born 1965

Tom Friedman (b. 1965, Saint Louis, MO) makes extraordinary work that explores ideas of perception, logic, and possibility. His often painstakingly rendered sculptures and works on paper inhabit the grey areas between the ordinary and the monstrous, the infinitesimal and the infinite, the rational and the uncanny. His work is often deceptive, its handmade intricacy masked by a seemingly mass-produced or prefabricated appearance. Friedman’s deadpan presentation implies content and form are seamless; expectations are overturned as the viewer slowly perceives that chasm between illusion and reality. Friedman's work has been internationally exhibited in galleries and museums, including solo exhibitions at the Museum of Modern Art, New York; the Fondazione Prada, Milan; Magasin 3 Stockholm Konsthall; the South London Gallery, and numerous other institutions.

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