Pierre Bourdieu

Objectified cultural capital consists of physical objects that are owned, such as scientific instruments or works of art. These cultural goods can be transmitted both for economic profit (as by buying and selling them with regard only to others' willingness to pay) and for the purpose of "symbolically" conveying the cultural capital whose acquisition they facilitate. However, while one can possess objectified cultural capital by owning a painting, one can "consume" the painting (understand its cultural meaning) only if one has the proper foundation of conceptually and/or historically prior cultural capital, whose transmission does not accompany the sale of the painting (except coincidentally and through independent causation, such as when a vendor or broker chooses to explain the painting's significance to the prospective buyer).
Institutionalized cultural capital consists of institutional recognition, most often in the form of academic credentials or qualifications, of the cultural capital held by an individual. This concept plays its most prominent role in the labor market, in which it allows a wide array of cultural capital to be expressed in a single qualitative and quantitative measurement (and compared against others' cultural capital similarly measured). The institutional recognition process thereby eases the conversion of cultural capital to economic capital by serving as a heuristic that sellers can use to describe their capital and buyers can use to describe their needs for that capital.

west prize

http://westprize.westcollection.org/index.php/artists

Sculpture Space

http://sculpturespace.org/

Gag REFLEX at Dorsky

http://www.wooloo.org/opening/entry/172354

jfilak101 on 3rd Ward Open Call

jfilak101 on 3rd Ward Open Call

GAG REFLEX at Dorsky

LAST CALL BONUS SHOW

Billboard takeovers at school

Sometimes you just have to shamelessly promote yourself

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Funding For Studio

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GAG REFLEX CARDS

Here are the new flyer card mock ups.

SHOW

Mock set up of Gag Reflex...

Here is a couple pics of the mock set up of gag reflex in the studio.

New Artist Statement

I think a lot about the current state of affairs in the U.S. - our loss of an industrial base, the erosion of the middle class, and the loss of white collar jobs through outsourcing. I worry about the loss of our Constitutional rights, how deadlocked the legislative branch of our government is. In the meantime I feel the rise of external forces impinging on us, for example that China owns our national debt, that both Iran and North Korea have nuclear armaments. We face real dangers, like global warming, or the depletion of fossil fuel, yet we seem incapable of addressing these problems in a concerted or constructive way, while other nations pull ahead of us.
I come from a small steel town in the Midwest. My father worked in the mills, but was able to better himself by getting a Masters Degree, and move from a blue collar to a white collar job. While growing up it was instilled in us that the industrial jobs that had supported our parents and grandparents would soon disappear. We were seeing the town die before our eyes, and in spite of the advice I got from my dad to get an education, I chose to work in factories. I learned many of the fabrication skills I have from the factory jobs.
My artwork is a commentary on what I see the U.S. has become - a self-absorbed, image-driven culture. We no longer have skilled labor in the country, and the media seems to be in cahoots with the country’s sense of denial. I use Safety and manufacturing colors - caution colors - to alert the viewer, yet the work has a cheerful candy-coated sheen even as things fall apart and explode. I refer to the absurdity of our consumption, that we even buy fabricated “trash.” We have been in two wars for almost ten years, but you’d never know it from our behavior.
I am influenced by Arman, Steinbach, Koons, among others, and Pop Art. I use the “failed discourse” of Minimalism as my base language. Hence, I believe that my work addresses the failures within the US. I don’t know if any answer can be found in the work, yet I believe the work shows not all of us are asleep at the wheel.

Joseph Filak - Art Takes Miami

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More Soldiers back from paint

Here are the soldiers so far back from paint.

More stuff coming along

Here are some ideas for card flyers

Casting LOW TECH is the best.

Here is a low tech system for casting soldiers..... Everything was found or free. Works for Aluminum only.

They keep growing.....

Here are more soldiers.... Here is the original figure of inspiration for the mold.

Back from paint

Here are the pieces back from paint undergoing some final treatment. Don't blow that wade...LOL.

Dorsky Date Set for ..........

Looks like the opening of the Dorsky show is Dec. 3rd at 6-8pm and will run for 2 weeks instead of just 4 days. Now I have to get flyers made.

Off to paint

Here are some more install pieces going off to paint.

Repetition Of Objects

Here is some things I'm going to be working with.

Poor Man Casting

Here is some simple aluminum castings. They were made in rhino and printed, then made in a bonded sand mold and simple casting system. 8 more to make!

Childhood Influence

As a kid this toy was awesome because it was bigger than me. And at a whopping $14.97, well that was the best $15 dollars my folks ever spent on me.

The Dorsky Letter DATES!!!!!!

Dear BFA and MFA candidates:

It’s time to start the museum process of your M/BFA thesis show. The 1st mandatory group meeting will be held from 11:00 to 12:00 Tuesday September 21, in the Alice and Horace Chandler & North Galleries at the SDMA.

EXHIBITIONS AND RECEPTIONS
BFA /MFA I
December 3-7
Reception Friday December 3, 5-7 pm

BFA/MFA II
December 10-14
Reception December 10, 5-7 pm

Your attendance at this first meeting is an important part of the museum and thesis process. If you have any questions or are unable to attend, please be in communication with Brian Wallace, Bob Wagner and myself as soon as possible.

We are happy to try to address concerns at any time—please bring all your questions to the 1st meeting and we'll take it from there.

Thank you,

Carrie Wardle

Friday Rhino Day!

Here we have a Friday spent making steel templates for order at Fall Fittings. Here is also a mach up in the Dorsky of the show. Real basic form, but a fast way to dimensional sketch the idea. This works rather fast now without all the bells and whistles for me.

A teaser

Here is a teaser of the install. I'm still working on the flooring.