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16/4/2004

Paper Rad

Foxy Productions, New York

" 3D "

Foxy Production announces "3D", the first solo exhibition by Paper Rad. "3D" explores dimensionality in terms of spatial structure, connectivity and essence. Each element in "3D" inventively interrelates to produce a remarkable matrix of materials and ideas. Paper Rad remap the experience of dimension, producing phantasmal fields from wildly promiscuous ingredients. Acrylic paintings on quartz-shaped panels form a prismatic pyramid that boldly mixes geometric schemes, iconic faces and found images. A stack of six monitors forms an installation of revelatory animation. As a character-driven video construction, it wittily explores narrative within a looped structure. A set of iridescent spray paintings depicts totemic and mythical figures within enigmatic yet involving storylines.

Paper Rad is composed of Jacob Ciocci, Jessica Ciocci and Benjamin Jones. Their painting, music, performance, animation, web art and drawing interweave to generate an extraordinarily compelling body of work. They infuse the familiar and the comfortable with unexpected shifts of meaning. Their art has been described as “Blakean”, and like Blake they divine a cast of characters with a desire for transcendence. Using a vibrant palette, they explore transformation through the use of myth and playful, meta-ironic humor. Paper Rad may be understood as a constellation rather than a group. Their proximity to one another generates a bold and hallucinatory creativity as well as a gravitational pull toward provocative reflection. Their individual contributions distill into a remarkably resonant system. Paper Rad sprang from the now legendary art scene of Providence, Rhode Island in 2000. They have collaborated in different formations with a number of other collectives, including Beige, Paper Rodeo and Forcefield.

Jacob Ciocci (1977) holds BA in computer science and art from Oberlin College, Jessica Ciocci (1976) holds BA in psychology and art from Wellesley College, and Benjamin Jones (1977) holds a BFA from Massachusetts College of Art. Paper Rad has screened, performed and exhibited at the Contemporary Museum, Honolulu (2003); Tate Britain, London (2003); Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago (2003); the Institute of Contemporary Art, London (2003); Deitch Projects, New York (2003); The New York Underground Film Festival (2003); Ocularis Cinema, Brooklyn (2003); Team, New York (2003); Daniel Reich Gallery, New York (2002). Paper Rad has been featured in The New York Times, Rolling Stone, Art Review, Mute, Vice, Issue and Select. They will be included in the forthcoming book, “Internet Art”, edited by Rachel Green and published by Thames and Hudson (2004), and will participate in the 2004 Liverpool Biennial. They are online at http://www.paperrad.org.
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Upcoming:

* Foxy Production will be participating in the International Invitational at Art Chicago 2004. Please visit us at Booth A245 + Ester Partegàs’ Civilization Is Overrated at an Art Chicago Project Space. May 7-10 at Navy Pier, Chicago.

June 3 - July 3: "Glad Day", including Sean Dack, David Noonan, and Joshua WF Thomson at FP.

Foxy Production is directed by Michael Gillespie and John Thomson. For further information or high resolution images: t: 212 239 2758

Opening reception: Saturday, April 17, 6.00 - 8.00 pm

Dates: April 17 extended through May 29, 2004 (* Closed May 4-8)

Gallery hours: Tuesday to Saturday, 11.00 am - 6.00 pm

Special thanks to Crobar

FOXY PRODUCTION
547 WEST 27 ST, FL 6
NEW YORK NY 10001
(between 10 and 11 avenues)
t: 212 239 2758

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