Value in Art

Hi! I'm Allan Babcock, an Art student at clemson university. This is my portfolio! My personal blog is canned internets

Jumping into the Pool Sixty Six Times. 

Choclate and Ketchup Hotdog Sundae - 2012

Ketchup and Hotdogs (Special Edition) - 2012

Sandwich Resources - 2012

  • I started this exploration of food as a way to deal with issues of consumption. I am concerned with how materials normally consumed as food also behave conceptually. The food as construction material celebrates this type of alternative consumption. With excavating and rebuilding in a cycle I hope to remake the food as a conceptual substance. This formal play of consumption leads to a understanding of how food operates conceptually.

Auditorium Loading - 2012

The final video in a series of three I will have at my show. 

  • The reception is april 20th, 6pm Lee Hall in Clemson.

A Sandwich for Mark Rothko

Fall 2011. Experiments with light control.

Fall 2011. Experiments with light control.

“Yuan Dollars”  relief print of coins 26 x 35
The currency of China is linked to the currency of the US in ways much deeper then just being a debt holder. This link creates a connection between the countries that benefits the exporting firms of China and the importing firms of the US respectively.
A world wide currency is created by an amalgamation of the major international currencies that buy into each other.

“Yuan Dollars”  relief print of coins 26 x 35

  • The currency of China is linked to the currency of the US in ways much deeper then just being a debt holder. This link creates a connection between the countries that benefits the exporting firms of China and the importing firms of the US respectively.
  • A world wide currency is created by an amalgamation of the major international currencies that buy into each other.
Untitled -  Aqua-tint zinc plate  11 x 14
Description of Cellular technologies in Kenya

Untitled -  Aqua-tint zinc plate  11 x 14

  • Description of Cellular technologies in Kenya
“Waste of money” relief woodblock 12 x 15
Smoke and fire was added with monoprint

“Waste of money” relief woodblock 12 x 15

  • Smoke and fire was added with monoprint
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