Jason Rhoades: Meccatuna
MECCATUNA: The act of taking a live bluefin tuna on a pilgrimage to the Holy City of Mecca to circumnavigate the Kabba, or
MECCATUNA: As in “the whole meccatuna,” an idiom for the entire universe and everything in it, similar to “the whole shebang,” or
MECCATUNA: Upon realizing that the word meccatuna did not exist, and that moving a live tuna would be met with great difficulty, the artist, through various contacts, located a man in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, that would drive to Mecca, buy a case of canned tuna, document its presence, and send this to the gallery in New York, via DHL.
Location
Dates
September 12—October 25, 2003
Artist
Jason Rhoades
Shelf (Love Pocket), 2003
Seville Ultra Durable chrome shelving system with seventeen (17) shelves, twenty-three (23) neon panels, forty-one (41) ceramic donkey carts, three (3) power strips, three (3) orange extension cables, and fourteen (14) metal hooks
83 x 54 x 24 inches (210.8 x 137.2 x 61 cm)
Jason Rhoades
Seville Ultra Durable chrome shelving system with 9 shelves, 13 neon panels (glass, plexi, wire, transformers), 2003
Seville Ultra Durable chrome shelving system with 9 shelves, 13 neon panels (glass, plexi, wire, transformers), 31 ceramic
Shelf: 41 x 142 x 60 inches (104.1 x 360.7 x 152.4 cm)
Donkey: 50 x 58 x 16 inches (127 x 147.3 x 40.6 cm)
Jason Rhoades
Wailing Wall / Los Feliz Costco and Unpainted Camel Toe, 2003
Cast fiberglass camel toe bone, neon panel (glass, blue plexi, wire, transformer), Ivory Snow boxes, PeaRoeFoam, Elmers Glue, cardboard, 2 Lifetime folding tables (polyethylene, steel)
61 x 63 x 47 1/2 inches (154.9 x 160 x 120.7 cm)
Jason Rhoades
PeaRoe Ramp (From Wastewedge, Part of Impetuous Process, 2002), with Embedded HiFi and Honda XR50, 2003
PeaRoe Wedge with fidy (2003 XR50 Honda motorcycle)
PeaRoe Ramp: 61 x 51 x 118 inches (154.9 x 129.5 x 299.7 cm)
Honda XR50: 36 x 50 x 30 inches (91.4 x 127 x 76.2 cm)