{"data":{"id":"8221","type":"artist","attributes":{"id":8221,"topgoose_id":2043,"tms_id":8221,"display_name":"Jack Goldstein","sort_name":"Goldstein Jack","display_date":"1945–2003","begin_date":"1945","end_date":"2003","biography":"\u003cp\u003eJack Goldstein, a conceptual artist who\ncame to prominence as a member\nof the Pictures Generation in the 1970s,\nworked in sculpture, performance, painting,\nfilm, and sound recording. His early short\nfilms feature close-up shots of simple\nactions such as hands untying a ballerina’s\npointe shoe or colored light moving\nover the reflective surface of a knife blade.\nGoldstein also appropriated “loaded\nimages” from the culture and then worked\nto “reduc[e] the symbolism” associated\nwith them. In \u003ca href=\"/collection/works/18656\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/a\u003e,\nfor example, he altered aspects of\nthe famous studio mascot Leo the Lion,\nanimating it by looping the sound and\nimage. The resulting footage takes on new\nmeaning but, as Goldstein explained,\n“You’re still left with some old meaning . . .\nin the back of your mind.”\n\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGoldstein presents Leo within his\nfamiliar circular frame of unspooling\ncelluloid, but excises the MGM name and\ntrademark text. The motto \u003cem\u003eArs Gratia\nArtis \u003c/em\u003e(Art for Art’s Sake) remains legible\nagainst the added red backdrop, however,\nsignaling the icon’s transformation from\ncorporate logo into art object. Instead\nof maintaining the standard two roars used\nto announce the coming feature\npresentation, Goldstein inserts footage\nof a third roar that plays forward and\nthen backward—an action repeated multiple\ntimes for the length of the film. Goldstein’s\ninterventions require the viewer to\ngive sustained attention to and actively\nconsider the commercial introduction\nthat typically registers as a fleeting image\nbefore the “real” film begins.\u003c/p\u003e","on_view":false,"artport":false,"biennial":true,"collection":true,"ulan_id":"500022521","wikidata_id":"Q1677042","created_at":"2017-08-30T16:58:23.000-04:00","updated_at":"2026-03-29T07:03:36.840-04:00","links":{"artworks":"/api/artists/8221/artworks","exhibitions":"/api/artists/8221/exhibitions"}}}}