{"data":{"id":"10209","type":"artist","attributes":{"id":10209,"topgoose_id":301,"tms_id":10209,"display_name":"Jordan Wolfson","sort_name":"Wolfson Jordan","display_date":"1980–","begin_date":"1980","end_date":"0","biography":"\u003cp\u003eDuring the last decade, Jordan Wolfson\nhas created a powerful yet enigmatic body\nof work that delves deep into the libidinal\nsubconscious of our society and consumer\nculture. While studying sculpture at the\nRhode Island School of Design in the early\n2000s, the budding artist began making\nvideos that, like those of his contemporary\nCory Arcangel, precociously combine\nthe legacies of Conceptual and Pop art\nwith new visual technologies.\n\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"/collection/works/38336\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eCon Leche\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/a\u003e mines the icons and ruins\nof the American Dream to surreal effect.\nThe film installation features an army of\nanimated Diet Coke bottles filled with milk\n\u003cem\u003e(con leche)\u003c/em\u003e that traverse the empty streets\nof real-life Detroit. The graffiti covering\nthe abandoned buildings provides a formal\ncounterpart to the hand-drawn soldiers,\nwhich hauntingly recall the magic brooms\nin the 1940 Walt Disney classic \u003cem\u003eFantasia\u003c/em\u003e.\nThe video image itself is constantly skewed,\njust as the artist shifts and subverts any\nreading of these layered images.\n\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWolfson has paired the video\nwith a longer and continuously out-of-sync\nsoundtrack featuring a woman’s voice\nthat recites information gathered from\ncommon Internet searches: “How do I know\nif I’m gay?,” “reincarnation,” “Kate Moss\ncocaine,” “Is diet soda bad for you?”\nand “cell phone.” The resultant verbal\nstream is interrupted by the artist’s own\nvoice, giving directions to his narrator:\n“Can you pause, please?” “Please lower\nyour voice.” Wolfson reveals himself\nto be the creator of this world, but refuses\nto endow it with a specific meaning.\n“I like the viewers to do the interpretive\nlegwork,” he has said.\u003c/p\u003e","on_view":false,"artport":false,"biennial":true,"collection":true,"ulan_id":"500294191","wikidata_id":"Q6277138","created_at":"2017-08-30T15:36:55.000-04:00","updated_at":"2026-04-09T07:02:57.362-04:00","links":{"artworks":"/api/artists/10209/artworks","exhibitions":"/api/artists/10209/exhibitions"}}}}