Dont Quit Your Dayjob

Mitchell Syrop

Dont Quit Your Dayjob, 2015270 x 380cmPrice on Request
Details
MaterialGallery
Photographic wallpaperCroy Nielsen
Description
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The artwork features two large text-based installations displayed on a plain white wall. The first text reads "DON'T QUIT" in bold, white letters against a natural, earthy-toned background, creating a visually striking contrast. The second text, "YOUR DAY JOB," is composed of various materials, including natural fibers or fabrics, giving it a textured, collage-like appearance. The overall composition and juxtaposition of the two messages explore themes of perseverance, work-life balance, and the notion of embracing one's day job while pursuing personal aspirations. The artist's intention seems to be to provoke reflection on the challenges and complexities of navigating professional and personal goals. ...

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Dont Quit Your Dayjob
Artist
Mitchell Syrop
American

Mitchell Syrop’s lithographic and laser pigment prints and installations expose the human condition of being trapped within systems, be they interpersonal, societal, economic or political. Engaging with Syrop’s idiosyncratic use of language, text and found images means being told not to ‘quit your day job’ and reminds us of the irony of believing one is unique. Having studied under the original Conceptualists, including Huebler, Asher and Baldessari, Syrop, along with artists Barbara Kruger and Jenny Holzer, engaged with commodification, mass marketing and the aesthetics of advertising. The clichés, or slogans of culture, present in Syrop’s work are inserted onto images of cells under a microscope or ‘perfect’, travel-advertising photographs of sandy beaches. Inviting multiple interpretations of his interchange between text and image, Syrop evokes a structuralist understanding of language as a system of arbitrary signs. The private, the public, love, grief, existentialism and subjectivity intertwine in the hands of the artist, whose work reveals human vanity and pride while remaining honest in its own complicity of recycling clichés. Written by Goldsmiths CCA ...

Mitchell Syrop: Artworks
All Systems Go
Mitchell SyropAll Systems Go, 1985Price on Request
All men are created equal…
Mitchell SyropAll men are created equal…, 1982Price on Request
Be. Have
Mitchell SyropBe. Have, 1986Price on Request
Clutch Throttle Choke
Mitchell SyropClutch Throttle Choke, 1985Price on Request
It is better to shine than to reflect
Mitchell SyropIt is better to shine than to reflect, 1984Price on Request
Lift and Separate
Mitchell SyropLift and Separate, 1984Price on Request
Pull Yourself Together
Mitchell SyropPull Yourself Together, 1998Price on Request
Sit in Judgment
Mitchell SyropSit in Judgment, 1982Price on Request
The Same Mistake
Mitchell SyropThe Same Mistake, 1998Price on Request
Untitled
Mitchell SyropUntitled, 2003Price on Request
Dont Quit Your Dayjob
Mitchell SyropDont Quit Your Dayjob, 2015Price on Request
This Is My Work
Mitchell SyropThis Is My Work, 2011Price on Request
Croy Nielsen
Gallery
Croy Nielsen
Vienna

In 2016 Croy Nielsen moved from Berlin to Vienna, where it is located in the beletage apartment of a historical building in the 1st district. The gallery was founded by Oliver Croy (AT) and Henrikke Nielsen (DK). Artists such as Nina Beier, Marie Lund, and Benoît Maire, have been part of the program since its inception, and were later joined by Olga Balema, Georgia Gardner Gray, and Sandra Mujinga. Vienna-based artists include Ernst Yohji Jaeger, Joanna Woś, and Soshiro Matsubara. The gallery has strong ties to the Nordic region, representing several artists from the Scandinavian contries and regularly participating in fairs and projects in the area. ...