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SPACES presents
installations by artists Brad McCombs and
Nami Yamamoto as part of its SPACELab
program. The shows will run in conjunction with Topographic, opening
January 21 with a reception from 5-9pm. SPACELab focuses on smaller,
experimental and timely projects. Applications are reviewed year round
by a committee of working artists.
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Jan
21 - Feb 12
Brad McCombs (Cincinnati, OH) transpositional
adaptations McCombs draws on concepts in anthropology, ecology and sociology
as he explores the fundamentals of survival, adaptation and shelter. The
artist engages viewers in his process by building his installation through
a series of performances, when he creates structures such as igloos, bark
huts and alien colonies in different environments simulated with video projection
and props.
Actions take place:
Jan 21, 5-9pm - Tundra
Feb 4, 5-9pm - Rainforest
Feb 11, 5-9pm - Alien Planet
Feb 16 - Mar 11
Nami Yamamoto (Philadelphia, PA) Primordial Soup
Yamamoto transforms a room in the gallery into an abstract landscape by
installing tiny plastic and vinyl forms that seem to crawl across the
floor, emerge from the walls, or float in the air. The artist alters the
function of vinyl and plastic, materials typically used in commercial
manufacturing, to create simple yet suggestive forms such as bubbles or
honeycombs. Somewhere between microcosm and macrocosm, the colorful shapes
create an environment continually shifting from reality to illusion, titillating
the imagination yet denying closure.
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Brad McCombs
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