Corey McCorkle
dal 3/10/2003 al 8/11/2003
Segnalato da
3/10/2003
Corey McCorkle
Objectif_exhibitions, Antwerp
Through a rereading of modernist sculpture, design and the accomplishments of minimalism, the meticulously crafted artwork of Corey McCorkle conveys transformative experience. For the exhibition Pressing McCorkle rubbed an almost invisible razor-sharp motif on the wall.
Produced by objectif_exhibitions with the Support of the Flemish
Community, Belgium, with the additional support of the United States
Embassy in Belgium and private patronage
Corey McCorkle
Through a rereading of modernist sculpture, design and the accomplishments
of minimalism, the meticulously crafted artwork of Corey McCorkle conveys
transformative experience. For the exhibition Pressing (organised by
objectif_exhibitions in Antwerp, 2002)
McCorkle rubbed an almost invisible razor-sharp motif on the wall.
Untitled (Findhorn Pastoral) was based on a decorative wing-like ornament
at the gates that give entrance to the gardens of the Findhorn Community.
This utopian garden community was founded in 1962 in Northern Scotland
above the arctic- circle. The legacy
of Findhorn, connecting ideas about deep-ecology,
communal reciprocity between plants and humans and
spiritually inspired design is an important source for the reflection of
the artist. During a recent stay in Belgium, the artist investigated Art
Nouveau and its unique combination of architecture, industrial design and
craft. As a style that draws on nature at it's
most abstract and supernatural, Art Nouveau also marks a unique point in
the history of Belgium and modernism in general, and provides a relevant
environmental context for McCorkle's work. This project will further
explore ideas about nature as a practical and theoretical catalyst to turn
materials and techniques into social agents, coupled with the new age
connection between vegetation and the paranormal.
For objectif_exhibitions the artist created a
completely new group of site-specific interventions including: a selection
of suspended plants; a wall incision homage to Gordon Matta-Clark's Office
Baroque (Antwerp 1977); and a greenhouse structure in the skylight window,
negotiating 'inside' and 'outside' in an ambiguous way. The design of
these different
elements is extremely studied and, as Art Nouveau, and shows itself an
intellectual hybrid, capable of marrying disparate elements - through
style.
Corey McCorkle (°1969, La Crosse, USA, lives and works in New York). This
is his first solo-exhibition in Belgium. Recently McCorkle's work has been
shown at Maccarone Inc. Gallery New York; Stephen Friedman Gallery,
London; Triple Candie, New York; Mary Goldman Gallery, Los Angeles;
objectif, Antwerp; MurrayGuy Gallery New York; The Renaissance Society,
Chicago; Arnolfini Museum, Bristol; The Drawing Center New York.
Objectif_exhibitions will publish a book on McCorkle's work with an essay
by Philippe Pirotte.
thu - sat 2-6pm
venue:
objectif_exhibitions
Coquilhatstraat 14
2000 Antwerp, Belgium
t +32 475 56 33 68