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Bill Barminski's cardboard art show

Mark Frauenfelder at 5:55 pm Wed, Sep 5, 2012

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[Video Link] The great Bill Barminski has an art show called This End Up: Cardboard Sculpture And Other Stuff. It opens September 8th, 2012 at Robert Berman Gallery, Santa Monica, CA.

Here are a couple of my favorite pieces:

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http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1510324784 Jennifer M Ring

all glory to…bill barminski!
http://artdonovan.typepad.com Art

So cool!

Would love to see maybe a big Brillo Box or a can of Campbells Soup :)
veecee

I thought I had seen his work before, then I remembered that he was selling his Spray Cans on the Pictures On Walls website. It looks like there are still a couple left. http://www.picturesonwalls.com/Art_Artists.asp?Artist=Bill%20Barminski&Offset=0&PageNo=1
RJ

They look like highly detailed props from an old polygonal video game.
PKMousie

Hello Tom Sachs!