The Homeless Museum (HoMu) is an art project created by New York-based artist Filip Noterdaeme.
Since its inception in 2002, it has at turns been an activist's
initiative, an exhibit in a vacant artist studio, a mock museum in a
rental apartment in Brooklyn, a lemonade stand embedded in a commercial
art fair, a museum-for-a-day housed in several private homes, a
make-believe identity, and a collection of original art works.
Juggling irreverence and sincerity, HoMu seeks to subvert the increasingly impersonal, market-driven art world and expose the sellout of cultural institutions to commerce, cronyism, real estate, and star architects.
HoMu exists in a state of perpetual flux and continues to defy the rules of the established art world.
The images (above) show 3 examples of this:
The Homeless Shoes, 2005; Inspired by Manhattan socialite Celerie Kemble, an avid shoe collector, these stilettos raise homelessness above the fray, one step at a time. (Photo by Tom Cinko)
The Homeless Clock, 2006; Altered wall clock with switched hands: the short hand indicates the minutes, the long hand indicates the hour. When the hands align, once every hour, they spell out the word "homeless." (Photo by Coolio Studio)
And the Signature Series I (#1/3) - We, the Homeless, 2004; For this series of six paintings, Filip Noterdaeme asked homeless men and women in New York City to sign their names onto plain white canvases of different sizes. (Photo by Tom Cinko)
Juggling irreverence and sincerity, HoMu seeks to subvert the increasingly impersonal, market-driven art world and expose the sellout of cultural institutions to commerce, cronyism, real estate, and star architects.
HoMu exists in a state of perpetual flux and continues to defy the rules of the established art world.
The images (above) show 3 examples of this:
The Homeless Shoes, 2005; Inspired by Manhattan socialite Celerie Kemble, an avid shoe collector, these stilettos raise homelessness above the fray, one step at a time. (Photo by Tom Cinko)
The Homeless Clock, 2006; Altered wall clock with switched hands: the short hand indicates the minutes, the long hand indicates the hour. When the hands align, once every hour, they spell out the word "homeless." (Photo by Coolio Studio)
And the Signature Series I (#1/3) - We, the Homeless, 2004; For this series of six paintings, Filip Noterdaeme asked homeless men and women in New York City to sign their names onto plain white canvases of different sizes. (Photo by Tom Cinko)
