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PAST EXHIBITION
Roxy Paine: Scumaks
June 26, 2008—August 1, 2008
Press Release
Roxy Paine and James Cohan Gallery are proud to announce a special exhibition of Paine's Scumak sculptures to benefit Human Rights First. This is the third collaboration between James Cohan Gallery and Human Rights First.
In his diverse body of work, Roxy Paine mirrors natural processes, drawing increasingly on the tension between organic and man-made environments, between the human desire for order and nature's drive to reproduce. Collectively, his works demonstrate the human attempt to impose order on natural forces, depicting the struggle between the natural and the artificial, the rational and the instinctual.
Paine has created a series of conceptually challenging art-making machines that mimic the creative process of the artist, effectively replacing the human element of artmaking with a computer program. His machine, Scumak No. 2 (Auto Sculpture Maker), melts pigmented polyethylene plastic and periodically extrudes it onto a conveyor belt, producing bulbous sculptures called Scumaks. Each one is unique and has its own specific character, subverting the expectations of sameness and precision typical for the output of an automated, mechanical system.
If you are not able to visit the gallery in person, we invite you to view the exhibition online. Please visit our website at www.jamescohan.com/privateroom and enter the following log-in information:
Username: scumak
Password: paine
Human Rights First is a non-profit organization that protects and defends the dignity of each individual through respect for human rights and rule of law. The organization is currently advocating eight major initiatives, including campaigns to end the use of torture as an interrogation technique, end Chinese arm sales to Darfur and assist Iraqi refugees in the US.
Please visit www.humanrightsfirst.org for more information on their many important activities. |
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