“[...] One structure, perched on the gallery’s print cabinet, suggests a half-finished bridge or aqueduct. Another looks like a skyscraper-in-the making. Another suggests a kind of do-it-yourself Stonehenge with cinder blocks rather than stone slabs.
The man behind this mini-Big Dig is Jon Laustsen, a Providence artist who’s known for his architecturally-savvy sculptures and installations [....]“
[from The Providence Journal "Art Review", by Bill Van Siclen, March 12, 2009]
“Concrete foundations seem to have gone feral, slithering around, not ready to support anything [....]
Laustsen mates model-making with minimalism. Like a good modeler, he’s true to form and construction techniques, but at 1/8-scale. His craftsmanship is routinely superb. Minimalism comes in via his simple forms (often placed right on the floor) and the way his mini-towers approach our own height and so challenge our sense of space and scale.”
[excerpts from The Phoenix "Under Construction: Jon Laustsen's Surreal Minimalist Mutations", Greg Cook, March 04, 2009]
- Providence Daily Dose “Closing Time”, Annie Messier, March 13, 2009
- The New England Journal of Aesthetic Research “New Obstructions at AS220″, October 14, 2008
- The Phoenix ”Good Fellows” Greg Cook, p 11, February 22-28, 2008. pdf
