Scope New York 2013

Very pleased to be exhibiting with Arcilesi Homberg Fine Art, at the Scope Art Fair this year in New York. They've got a great collection of artists, check them out in booth G-13.

A Trip Around the World

This Friday night & Saturday afternoon- please join me at Hunter open studios, and take a surreal trip around the world in 3D! I'll be unveiling my new series of stereoscopic collages, a project that i'm really excited to show. There will also be brand-new evolutions & incarnations of my painting, video, and diorama work. This Friday, Nov. 16, 6-9pm & Saturday, Nov. 17, 2-6pm at the Hunter MFA building - 450 west 41st, i'm in studio 616. You'll be among the first to take this surreal trip through space & time, hope to see you there!

"Remix: Selections from the International Collage Center" has continued it's tour around the US, & i'm very pleased to be included in this fantastic survey of collage. Currently at the Daum Museum of Contemporary Art in Sedalia, Missouri. There's also a brand-new 96-page hardcover catalogue, check out the International Collage Center (ICC) for more information.

Unpacking My Library

"Every passion borders on the chaotic, but the collector's passion borders on the chaos of memories." -Walter Benjamin from Unpacking My Library. Dissecting the mindset of the collector, it's a fun and interesting read. There's a certain passion which Benjamin articulates, having been an avid book collector himself. "To renew the old world- that is the collector's deepest desire...". It's a great text, and i highly recommend it - Walter Benjamin: Unpacking My Library- A Talk about Book Collecting. "Only in extinction is the collector comprehended."

The Kappa Effect

Our relationship to time & space has radically evolved, from the industrial revolution of the 19th century to the digital revolution of the late 20th. A main theme in my artwork is humanity's evolving spatial and temporal perceptions (and interactions) with the world around us. Using collage, I create a temporal and spatial illusion in landscape form, by juxtaposing different parts of the world and different eras in time, right next to each other. So it was exciting to recently discover The Kappa Effect, a psychological phenomenon related to the perception of distance, time, and speed. In experiments, it has been shown that an "observer will base their judgments of the temporal separation between each stimulus, on the spatial separation between each of these stimuli." So basically, the closer things are spatially, the closer we think of them in time as well. The Kappa Effect is a temporal illusion, a phenomenon of human perception. It's an effect which i've been (inadvertently until now) utilizing in my work, in order to create a hallucinatory trip through time.

Recess is in!

Very pleased to be participating in the grand opening show for Francesca Arcilesi Fine Art, at her brand-new gallery in DUMBO. They've shown my work at pop-up shows and art fairs, and now they have a permanent space at 111 Front St. Suite# 222. The opening reception is tonight, Thursday the 12th, from 6-9pm- i'll be there around 7:30, so stop by if you're in the area and want to say hi. The show runs until August 1st.

Hunter MFA Video

I appear briefly in a video about Hunter's MFA program, focusing on the studios & some artists from the program. Follow this link to see it.