15/6/2009
Additional Paintings
Peres Projects, Athens
Never has defacement been so unabashedly stabby and consumer-culture critical as with Houston-based artist Mark Flood, nor as minutely crafted as with the Berlin-based American artist John Kleckner. The two artists are presenting new pictorial works.
Javier Peres is pleased to present new works by John Kleckner and Mark Flood. Never
has defacement been so unabashedly stabby and consumer-culture critical as with
Houston-based artist Mark Flood, nor as minutely crafted as with the Berlin-based
American artist John Kleckner. Mischief-maker, identities specialist and sub-lingual
alchemist Mark Flood layers various media and signs to render their meaning highly
problematic, often ascorbic, sometimes bitingly astute; street signs are literally
defaced with phrases, often conciously misspelled, that speak to the deepst
subconscious desires of humans and consumers; celebrity posters mangled to leave
little recognizable in these public icons.
John Kleckner employs a draftsman's
scalpel of detailed incision upon every fold, crease, tear or slough of flesh of his
characters, whom his meticulous ink drawings present in various stages of
metamorphosis, framed by and often entangeld in menacing and magical nature-scapes.
His minute lines, magnificent detail and portentous symbolism evoke 15th-century
etchings and yet take as their core the present-day tortures of the psyche:
Modern-day zombies, obviously staged Horror-movie gore, and bruised superheros are
some of the defaced humanoid forms that people his compositions.
Opening June 16th, 11:00 - 9:30
Peres Projects
15 Leonidou - Athens
Open wednesday - sunday 5:30 - 9:30