The Bone Yard Project: When Planes Become Contemporary Art Canvases in the Tucson Desert
Categories: Visual Art
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| photo by Claire Lawton |
| DC Super 3 planes by Nunca, Retna, and How & Nosm |
The three DC Super 3 planes were given contemporary facelifts by How & Nosm, Nunca, and Retna, all huge names in the international street art scene and notable talents in the contemporary art world.
In a few weeks, these planes will be joined by a C45 painted by Faile, a Lockheed VC 140 Jetstar by Andrew Schoultz, a C97 cockpit by Saner, and more than 30 nose cones by international artists including Richard Prince, Lee Quinones, Saner, Kenny Scharf, Aiko, Futura, Peter Dayton, JJ Veronis, Mare, Tara McPherson, Crash, Daze, Ron English, Erik Foss, Tristan Eaton, Lisa Lebofsky, Mark Ryden, Walter Robinson, Judith Supine, Ryan Wallace, Jameson Ellis, Mark Kostabi, Eric White, and Arizona-based artists Colin Chillag, Daniel Martin Diaz, Randy Slack, El Mac, and Hector Ruiz.
Talk about some airborne eye candy.
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| photo by Claire Lawton |
| Andrew Schoultz paints a a Lockheed VC 140 Jetstar. |
A year later, they're both back at the yard with Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art's Lesley Oliver, guiding three painted planes across Tucson's busy Valencia Street to the museum property.
The Bone Yard Project is the continuation of "Nose Job," an exhibition curated by McCormick that was housed in Firestone's New York gallery over the summer. The decorated cones and planes are a tribute to the folk art medium developed in the U.S. and Europe during the First and Second World Wars. They're a modern take on the illustrated pop culture icons, pinups, slogans, and tattoo art that decorated war machinery and uniform.
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| photo by Claire Lawton |
| The shark mouth-inspired nose of a Lockheed VC 140 Jetstar by Andrew Schoultz |
For each artist, the exhibition is an opportunity to envision his or her style in a venue that will welcome an audience of contemporary art and aeronautic fiends alike.
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