~URBAN FLUX MINIATURES: JENNIFER + KEVIN McCOY, TIM PORTLOCK
URBAN FLUX – ALSO HIT . . . THE SWEET NANO SPOT.
curators ELLIE CLARK and LEIGH SILVER . . titled their group exhibit: URBAN FLUX, interestingly it also included a small imaginary perhaps .. . futuristic, city headquarters as a ‘replica miniature’, and presented a larger scale photo-based work, a downtrodden urban city portrait – that was characterized by its attention to ‘minute’ . . detail.
JENNIFER & KEVIN McCOY, ‘Old Headquarters’, 2012. mixed media sculpture, LED screen, media player, electronics, coming it at a small, even for a miniature !! scale of: 12 x 12 x 10 in.
unique
($12,000)
an imaginary ‘replica’ . . now that’s a interesting thought.
a mini-me, not !!
yes, the little screen – was animated.
a city road map of traffic patterns ?
on a sharp pink background !!
graffiti and language ‘code’ on the base . . . urban scrawl !!
TIM PORTLOCK, ‘Farm’, 2011. archival pigment print and visual effects software. 72 x 54 in.
unique
($5,400)
Farm, ha.
maybe devolving back into farmland – in a 100 years ?
even though the piece itself was in the ‘larger’ size format, re: dimensions (72 x 54 in.) . .
it was still a ‘mini’ slice of urban abandoned reality / decay. and it depended on attention to ‘minute’ details – to get its point across.
the ubiquitous white van . .
the rusty billboard . .
the abandoned warehouse . .
watch out, the artists are going to move in, and bring the hood – back to life !!
the ‘little’ houses . .
the trash and litter – on the dirty snowy streets, tell me about it !!
is that a paint can ?
have the artists already begun to trickle in ?
urban habitat gone to weed, and blight. gone to the . . dogs.
gentrification, just around the corner – no doubt.
PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH