Kris Kuksi does another solo show at the Joshua Liner Gallery in NYC. I think this is his most ambitious installation to date. His work continues to evolve and increase in sophistication and complexity. I am personally not so much a fan of his wall installations. For me, to see all this 3D, tactile elements installed on a 2D wall is odd. I much prefer his stand alone installation like the Churchtanks, but in this show feel un-satiated with the semi Churchtank. I would like to see a squadron of Church tanks lined up a menacing formation.
from Joshua Liner Gallery
Joshua Liner Gallery is pleased to present Triumph, an exhibition of new works by the Kansas artist Kris Kuksi, including mixed-media sculpture, painting, and a large-scale installation. This is Kuksi’s third solo outing with the gallery and the most diverse presentation of his work to date.
With its cautionary title, Triumph skewers the hubris and folly of human ambition. This cavalcade of epic works references mythology, the occult, and organized religion, and uses age-old techniques of visual storytelling to voice personal angst. Depicting grand themes with extravagant embellishments, Kuksi’s assemblages of small, mass-produced materials are intrinsically narrative. Like gilt Baroque altarpieces, their stunning excess of detail is the ideal vehicle for the artist’s critique of power and piety. And like those early works of public art, they appeal to the viewer to transcend the strife and striving associated with greed.
via: Arrested >Motion
