CMYK Offset Print on Vinyl, 7' x 7', 1995
"Does this image slam Aspen for taking its pristine environment for granted? Have we become so twisted? If So, then hats off to the Commercial Core and Lodging Commission, advisors to the City Council, for funding public art that dares bite the hand that feeds it."
Art News, Aspen Magazine
Cell
Snow, 8' x 8' x 8',1993
Team: Catherine Redfrin, Thomas Mooney
"At the Winterskol snow sculpture contest, Kurosh and his team built a huge HIV virus. It was quite beautiful and won second place in the judging. The irony was that the hole in the side of the snow sculpture was constantly full of children playing. Would you want your child playing with AIDS?"
Aspen Daily News
Damned if you Do, Damned if u Don't
CMYK Offset Print, 11". x 8.5", 1991
"Kurosh is in search of that point where people begin to be outraged by an image or event. His layout for Rita Saint John in Destinations Magazine brought much attention. The genitals of the model were airbrushed smooth. The owners of the airlines found this obscene and did not want the ad to run again."
F
Blue Masking Tape, 6" x 4", 1996
Team: Thomas Mooney
Team: Thomas Mooney
"Art, I'll pass. That's the sentiment espoused by a less-than-vicious vandal who altered a sign over the entrance to the Aspen Art Museum using plastic blue tape. Museum employees awoke Thursday to find that someone had changed the sign to "Aspen Fart Museum." drawing chuckles from passers-by and staffers alike."
Kent Smith, Aspen Daily News
DADAA
Toilet Paper, B&W Xerox on paper, Wire Hanger, variable size 1990
Team:?
"Elvis may be dead, but Pablo Picasso and Salvador Dali apparently are alive and in good humor in Aspen. The self-titled group DADAA, Dead Artists who Dislike Aspen Art, have claimed responsibility for the hoof-to-helmet draping of the massive artwork. After a successful career in painting, it seems that Picasso and Dali have taken up rhyming verse. "Prompt removal is suggested, for tacky Aspen art can no longer be ingested. So Consider this fair warning, Or we'll steal him piece by piece 'til he's missing one morning." , the note read."
BBB, BB
Black Ink, Silkscreen on Cotton Tshirt, 1992
"ValaNejad's image came as a response to the scathing New York Times Article last month that slammed not only Aspen and the IDCA, but designers in general for losing the sense of social mission the Aspen conference once stood for."
Jane Wilson, Aspen Times
$ki Pa$$
CMYK Inkjet Print on Paper, Laminated, 4" x 2.5", 1994
"Unlike counterfeit money, making a fake ski pass is not illegal. But when they are used it becomes a crime, and the Ski Company vigorously prosecutes."
David Bellack, Attorney, Aspen Ski Company
