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Dayton Castleman

Dayton Castleman is a Chicago-based multidisciplinary artist whose work and interests include his own studio practice, education, curatorial projects, and writing. His work has been presented in museums and galleries across the United States and in Europe. He received his BA in Art from Belhaven University, and his MFA in sculpture from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Dayton teaches sculpture, drawing and digital media at Trinity Christian College, near Chicago, and serves on the board of Christians in the Visual Arts.

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Dayton Castleman Aug 13, 2010

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Chicken

Found corrugated cardboard, wood, polystyrene foam, glue, hardware 23 x 11 x 5 feet (7 x 3.3 x 1.5 meters) 2009Chicken presents a Lockheed Martin F-16 Fighting Falcon warplane and a Canada Goose, frozen in a moment of unclear action. Is this the split second before a...

Dayton Castleman Jul 16, 2010

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Will paint for food

Two people standing before two blank canvasses with brushes and paints at the ready. Which one should get paid?

Dayton Castleman Oct 16, 2009

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Outside the box

Art, like a Christmas gift, is too often all about the “thing” at the center—the “conclusion” beneath all the layers. Maybe the wrapping is more central than we think?

Dayton Castleman May 8, 2009

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Can Cy Twombly be trusted?

Artist Cy Twombly’s paintings receive perhaps the most unenviable reactions in all of modern and contemporary art: “My four-year-old could do that,” “That sold for how much?” or simply, “That’s not art.”

Dayton Castleman Apr 3, 2009

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Transmission Study

What I ended up doing was building a steel tower, equipped with red warning beacon lights, a bull-horn speaker, and a four-camera video surveillance system. It was important that the structure be rooted only to the floor of my studio, as a way of connecting my subterranean work area to the world above.