Isolation Room/Gallery Kit: Friday, 7 December 2012
John Watson: I'm Not Here to Forget You
December 7, 2012 - January 9, 2013
Opening Reception: Friday, December 7, 6pm-8pm
John Watson’s new sculpture I'm Not Here to Forget You, 2012 combines the thoroughness of a cartographer with the curiosity of an archeologist. In I'm Not Here to Forget You, Watson buries his more recognizable reclaimed wood forms in a puddle of plaster, eventually carving it away to reveal elements of the miniature structure underneath. Watson’s most recent bodies of work clearly referenced architecture in its more traditional definition as a form in space, I'm Not Here to Forget You however embraces the formal elements of mass and substance using hunks of plaster to give the forms “a sense of place”, taking the work into more self-referential territory. Watson explains: “Like kudzu clinging to an Alabama pine tree, the work relies on the structure it occupies while it simultaneously exists as its own entity.” Its scale suggests a diorama for a prehistoric “cavate”, a term used by archeologists to distinguish a dwelling dug out by using natural recesses or openings. Watson excavates through a masonry technique and a process of play, intuition, and obsession to reveal just enough information to the viewer to ask what they can’t see rather than what they can. Playing with the opportunity to invent what might be under the areas enveloped by the white blob, Watson employs a subtle sculptural seduction technique creating a sense of desire in the viewer. Hours: By appointment only.
ISOLATION ROOM/GALLERY KIT
5723 DEWEY AVE
ST. LOUIS MO 63116
gallerykit@gmail.com
www.isolationroom-gallerykit.com
December 7, 2012 - January 9, 2013
Opening Reception: Friday, December 7, 6pm-8pm
John Watson’s new sculpture I'm Not Here to Forget You, 2012 combines the thoroughness of a cartographer with the curiosity of an archeologist. In I'm Not Here to Forget You, Watson buries his more recognizable reclaimed wood forms in a puddle of plaster, eventually carving it away to reveal elements of the miniature structure underneath. Watson’s most recent bodies of work clearly referenced architecture in its more traditional definition as a form in space, I'm Not Here to Forget You however embraces the formal elements of mass and substance using hunks of plaster to give the forms “a sense of place”, taking the work into more self-referential territory. Watson explains: “Like kudzu clinging to an Alabama pine tree, the work relies on the structure it occupies while it simultaneously exists as its own entity.” Its scale suggests a diorama for a prehistoric “cavate”, a term used by archeologists to distinguish a dwelling dug out by using natural recesses or openings. Watson excavates through a masonry technique and a process of play, intuition, and obsession to reveal just enough information to the viewer to ask what they can’t see rather than what they can. Playing with the opportunity to invent what might be under the areas enveloped by the white blob, Watson employs a subtle sculptural seduction technique creating a sense of desire in the viewer. Hours: By appointment only.
ISOLATION ROOM/GALLERY KIT
5723 DEWEY AVE
ST. LOUIS MO 63116
gallerykit@gmail.com
www.isolationroom-gallerykit.com
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