JAMES LEONARD

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  • Transform/Sustain

    Socially Engaged Performance

    2018

    The public is invited to complete the following two sentences

    "If I could keep one thing in the world, I would sustain ______________"

    "If I could change one thing in the world, I would transform __________"

    while I and artist Hector Canonge apply gold leaf to non-biodegradable trash.

    • James Leonard – Transform/Sustain
    • James Leonard – Transform/Sustain
    • James Leonard – Transform/Sustain
  • The Tent of Casually Observed Phenologies

    Performance Installation & Social Engagement

    2015, 9' diameter footprint

    Portable ritual space.

    Climate change related Tarot readings inside.

    Image credits include Melissa Blackall & Wendy Whitesell.

    • James Leonard - Tent of Casually Observed Phenologies
    • James Leonard - Tent of Casually Observed Phenologies
    • James Leonard - Tent of Casually Observed Phenologies
    • James Leonard - Tent of Casually Observed Phenologies
    • James Leonard - Tent of Casually Observed Phenologies
    • James Leonard - Tent of Casually Observed Phenologies
    • James Leonard - Tent of Casually Observed Phenologies
    • James Leonard - Tent of Casually Observed Phenologies
    • James Leonard - Tent of Casually Observed Phenologies
    • James Leonard - Tent of Casually Observed Phenologies
  • Last Rockets

    2011 to present, Ongoing Body of Drawings & Objects

    Speculative research into the last rocket.

    • Last Rocket - James Leonard
    • Last Rocket, detail - James Leonard
    • Last Rocket - James Leonard
    • Last Rocket Drawing - James Leonard
    • Last Rocket Drawing - James Leonard
    • Last Rocket Drawing - James Leonard
    • Last Rocket Photo Stand-In - James Leonard
    • Last Rocket Photo Stand-In - James Leonard
    • Last Rocket Photo Stand-In - James Leonard
  • Shirts

    2014 to present, ongoing series of

    iron-on transfers on shirts.

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  • Seeking Diviners

    Book, 2015, 5" x 8", 82 pages with inserts

    Images and text documenting a year spent exploring divination

    at the dawn of the Anthropocene.

    Includes photographs by Nina Mouritzen, Molly Gallentine,

    Michael Duva, and James Leonard

    • James Leonard - Seeking Diviners Book
    • James Leonard - Seeking Diviners Book
    • James Leonard - Seeking Diviners Book
    • James Leonard - Seeking Diviners Book
    • James Leonard - Seeking Diviners Book
  • Captain America

    2008 Remaster, Video Monologue

    Portrait sitter Lazzarus riffs on the 80-year Captain America narrative.

    • Captain America
    • Captain America
  • No Fishing Signs

    2011, Paint & Ink on Cardboard

    Open edition of approximately 200.     Installed en masse.

    • No Fishing Sign
    • No Fishing Installation View
    • No Fishing Sign
    • No Fishing Sign
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    • No Fishing Sign
    • No Fishing Sign
    • No Fishing Sign
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    • No Fishing Sign
    • No Fishing Sign
    • No Fishing Sign
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    • No Fishing Sign
    • No Fishing Sign
    • No Fishing Sign
    • No Fishing Sign
    • No Fishing Sign
    • No Fishing Sign
    • No Fishing Sign
    • No Fishing Installation View
  • A Kiss For Luck

    2013, Live Performance & Installation

    project tumblr       #akissforluck      July 24 - August 11

    • James Leonard - A Kiss For Luck
    • James Leonard - A Kiss For Luck
    • James Leonard - A Kiss For Luck
    • James Leonard - A Kiss For Luck
    • James Leonard - A Kiss For Luck
    • James Leonard - A Kiss For Luck
    • James Leonard - A Kiss For Luck
    • James Leonard - A Kiss For Luck
    • James Leonard - A Kiss For Luck
    • James Leonard - A Kiss For Luck
    • James Leonard - A Kiss For Luck
  • Winter Codex

    2014, typewritten text on 3" x 5" card

    Methods of divination as catalogued on Wikipedia

    • Winter Codex - James Leonard
    • Winter Codex - James Leonard
    • Winter Codex - James Leonard
    • Winter Codex - James Leonard
    • Winter Codex - James Leonard
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  • Magic

    2007, Video portrait

    Jax details her ten years work as a horse whisperer in this 34 minute monologue

    • Magic
    • Magic
  • Reliquaries

    2013 to present, mixed media

    Materials gathered from an ongoing series of process based performance works.

    • Reliquaries - James Leonard
    • Reliquarey - A Kiss For Luck - James Leonard
    • Reliquarey - A Kiss For Luck - James Leonard
    • Reliquarey - A Kiss For Luck - James Leonard
  • Hypercubes as Mandala

    2010 to present, ballpoint on 3" x 5" card

    Hypercubes and other transdimensional shapes drawn daily as mandala

    • Hypercubes from Zero to Six Dimensions - James Leonard
    • Cube - James Leonard
    • Failed Hypercube - James Leonard
    • Hypercubes - James Leonard
    • Transdimensional Cube - James Leonard
    • Transdimensional Cube and Hypercube - James Leonard
  • The Warbonds Project

    2005 to present, Live Performance & Editioned Security Prints

    Certificates available from Fuse Works

    • Warbonds Performance
    • Warbonds Performance
    • Warbonds Performance
    • Warbond Certificate
    • Warbond Certificate Details
    • Warbond Certificate Legal
    • Warbonds Performance Detail
    • Warbonds Performance
  • Tear Sheet

    2013, Serigraph on Tissue Paper

    Open edition used to wrap and pack purchased artworks

    • Tear Sheet
    • Tear Sheet
  • I Dream of Publicity

    2004, Offset on Paper & Movie Poster Display with Chaser Lights
    • I Dream of Publicity
    • I Dream of Publicity
    • I Dream of Publicity
  • unSuicide Note

    2011, Pen on Paper

    Each copy transcribed from the prior, edition of 500.

    • unSuicide Note
    • unSuicide Note
  • Mute

    1994, Body Work

    5 hours mute in London in public spaces.     No verbal thought.

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  • Running Fences

    2010 to present, Steel Wire & Found Wood

    Ongoing series of site specific fences installed in domestic spaces.

    • Running Fence No. 6 - James Leonard
    • Running Fence No. 6 - James Leonard
    • Running Fence No. 6 - James Leonard
    • Running Fence No. 6 - James Leonard
    • Running Fence No. 6 - James Leonard
    • Running Fence No. 6 - James Leonard
    • Running Fence No. 5 - James Leonard
    • Running Fence No. 5 - James Leonard
    • Running Fence No. 5 - James Leonard
    • Running Fence No. 5 - James Leonard
    • Running Fence No. 5 - James Leonard
    • Running Fence No. 5 - James Leonard
    • Running Fence No. 5 - James Leonard
    • Running Fence No. 4 - James Leonard
    • Running Fence No. 4 - James Leonard
    • Running Fence No. 4 - James Leonard
    • Running Fence No. 4 - James Leonard
    • Running Fence No. 4 - James Leonard
    • Running Fence No. 4 - James Leonard
    • Running Fence No. 4 - James Leonard
    • Running Fence No. 2 - James Leonard
    • Running Fence No. 2 - James Leonard
    • Running Fence No. 2 - James Leonard
  • Sky & Culture

    1995 - 1996, street performance

    Sold subscriptions to Sky and membership plans to Culture

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  • Hungry Dust

    2005, Flocked Posters, Nylon Rope & Binding Tackle
    • Hungry Dust - James Leonard
    • Hungry Dust
    • Hungry Dust
    • Hungry Dust
    • Hungry Dust
    • Hungry Dust
    • Hungry Dust
  • Two Monkeys’ Cudgel

    2002, Rubber, Wood, Metal
    • Two Monkeys' Cudgel - James Leonard
    • Two Monkeys' Cudgel - James Leonard
    • Two Monkeys' Cudgel - James Leonard

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