Norm Magnusson
Norm Magnusson | |
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Born | Illinois, USA | March 20, 1960
Nationality | American |
Education | Self-taught |
Known for | Painting, sculpture |
Movement | Culture jamming, Environmental art |
Awards | Pollock-Krasner Foundation grant, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council grant |
Norm Magnusson (born March 20, 1960) is a
This led him away from the canvas and into the public realm where he created short videos that ran on U.S. national television prior to 2004's U.S. general election, viral emails and roadside historical markers with contemporary social content. The markers are part of the artist's proposed "New York State Thruway Project". Scheduled for 2012, it will place one marker in each of the 27 rest areas up and down the length of the NYS Thruway.
In the permanent collection of The
He has also created a body of nature-based work entitled "Decorating nature" in which he paints on rocks and leaves and trees and photographs them in their environment.
He was honored with two Pollock-Krasner Foundation grants (in 2016-2017 for sculpture and in 1998-1999 for painting) and a grant from the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council in 2008 for the realization of "On this site stood - lower Manhattan" a project to put 'historical' plaques with contemporary social content around lower Manhattan in summer 2009. (link below) In 2014, he received a NYSCA grant (through the Center for Sustainable Rural Communities) for a public art installation in Schoharie County, NY. In 2015, he was awarded a NYFA fellowship for sculpture.
He has acted in numerous feature length and short films (see imdb.com page below, in "References" section) and is currently the host of "Correct Me if I'm Norm", a once a week internet radio interview program on RadioFreeRhinecliff.org.
See also
- List of hoax commemorative plaques
- The Talk page for the Wikipedia listing of historical markers in Ulster County, NY has images and the locations of some of his satirical historical markers located in that county.
References
- Beasley, Jim, Norm Magnusson, American Painter. Springfield, MO: The Springfield Museum of Art, 2000.
- Borum, Jennifer, Norm Magnusson Travelogue. New York, NY: Bridgewater/Lustberg Gallery, 1997.
- The first published reference to funism, from New York's The Villager, August, 1992
- Second (and better) published reference to funism, from New York's The Villager, September, 1992
- Washington Post article on Magnusson's I-75 Project and Decorating Nature project
- Wine and Bowties article on Magnusson's Decorating Nature series
- Designboom article on Decorating Nature
- The artist's imdb.com credits page
- Link to archived interviews on RadioFreeRhinecliff.org