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March Issue 2006
College of Charleston in Charleston, SC, Features Recent Paintings by Gideon Bok
The
Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art at the College of Charleston's
School of the Arts, in Charleston, SC, presents Gideon Bok:
Recent Paintings, in the Halsey Gallery, on view through Mar.
17, 2005.
For the past few years, artist Gideon Bok has used his various
studios as the subject matter for his paintings, attempting to
recreate his ever-changing environment into one seemingly static
painting. Each painting is painted at the same time of day, keeping
a consistency in the lighting, however the contents of the studio
change as the painting develops.
Bok's paintings are like time capsules, being the products of
his constantly evolving studio they document a specific place
during a window of time. Bok has inhabited a number of studios
in the past few years, so there are series of paintings from each
of these studios. Objects in his studios that are more permanent,
like the room itself and the sofas and tables, are more defined
with greater detail, while the transient objects are rendered
in a looser, less definitive fashion. Overall, these paintings
have a "layered" quality due to the variations in the
presence of some objects in relation to others.
Bok is a recent Guggenheim recipient and a professor of painting at Hampshire College. His work is represented at Plane Space Gallery in New York, NY, as well as Alpha Gallery in Boston, MA.
On the last evening
of the exhibition on Mar. 16, 2006, Bok will give a lecture in
the Halsey Gallery at 7pm. The event is free, with the public
encouraged to attend.
For more information check our SC Institutional Gallery listings,
contact the Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art at 843/953-5680
or at (www.halsey.cofc.edu).
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