Tom Friedman is one of those artists, that if you are an artist, you love to hate. His use of simple materials in complex ways always has be asking "why didn't I think of that". He gets his art supplies from drugstores, candy stores, the human body, and the supermarket. Friedman relentlessly invents intricate objects out of a range of household materials, such as styrofoam, masking tape, pencils, toilet paper, spaghetti, toothpicks and bubble gum. His work is obsessively and painstakingly crafted and is both beautiful and playful. Friedman's ability to transform common objects into something new, his devotion to material perfection, the way he
conceptualizes the action of the artisan, enables him to elevate the ordinary to the status of art.

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