Shop Contemporary at Gselect

The House as Metaphor by Michael Jantzen

Posted by on Sep 6, 2012 in UNCATEGORIZED

Rocking House

This series of sculptures by Michael Jantzen plays with the iconic house shape in a variety of abstracted contexts, juxtaposing the house with other recognizable symbols. Most of the pieces are monochrome, and use a single material for both the house and the additions to it, which range from stilts, wheels and railroad tracks to clouds and crosses. Minimal and conceptual, these sculptures are meant to interrogate the meaning of the house symbol by exploring how simple interventions affect its interpretation.

House With One Rotating Piece

House of the Lord

Track House

Dream House

House in the Clouds

House with Orbiting Doorway

Heads of the House

House Flipper

House with Four Exiting Piglets

Shadow House

via – images via

Cameron ABOUT CAMERON COLE CARCELEN - Cameron is a designer and holds degrees in urban studies and architecture, and has a background in grassroots community involvement for neighborhood improvement and development. Having lived in New York and Buenos Aires, she is a lover of cities and currently lives in Quito, Ecuador. She loves bicycles, fresh juice, and the Andean topography punctuated by volcanoes that characterize Quito’s landscape.
Shop at Gselect

So, what do YOU think?




From the GBlog Archive

Golf Course Screen Print ...Golf Course Screen Print ...“Golf art is awful. Do a quick internet search and you'll see what I mean.” Well, I was intrigued by this challenge ...