Lacuna
Kevin Greisch

I am a self-taught artist with a degree in anthropology. In my aesthetic practice I aim to discern the essential nature of a material or object, then combine this with another (seemingly) antithetical material or object. This places the focus on the fluid, lyrical conjunction of materials/objects. This work is an exercise in the symbolic construction of meaning. In other words, I have taken familiar symbols (from Western culture) of domesticity and from the wild and placed them together, erasing the space between them, effectively disrupting their meaning.

The little things in the in-between spaces of my environment regularly capture my attention. A lost earring under a stairwell; a Lego piece in a flower bed; small, intriguing parts of plants; the innerworkings of electronic equipment; and plants growing through cracks, reclaiming urban spaces. This exhibit is the result of my observing and collecting these objects. “Lacuna”-which means gap, or the space in between is comprised of two recently completed bodies of work--“Lacuna” and “Transplant.”

“Lacuna” consists of 11 collected object assemblages displayed inside 8 inch to 12 inch long glass fuses. Each fuse is mounted, at a 35-degree angle, on a 4-foot tall steel rod affixed to a concrete base. Inside the glass fuses, the assemblages conjoin technological, natural, and man-made objects that would never be brought together naturally, but here are joined in a manner in which they appear to have sprouted organically.

“Transplant” is an installation of four, 8-10 foot long, colorful, soft sculpture reproductions of collected botanical specimens. Each piece grows from the gallery space like weeds from a crack in a sidewalk. The massive scale of the reproductions reframes our relationship to nature and inspires viewers to examine objects that might be overlooked with new eyes.

This exhibition inspires reflection by presenting a juxtaposition of natural materials and man-made materials.

K. Greisch

gallery  Pinter  Connell