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PROTOIST SERIES
Weathering Alloy Steel
156 x 40 x 11 in. / 4,800 lbs
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Exhibition: Protoist Series, Selected Forms
December 13 2014 - April 5 2015
This series investigates the material through distinctive cuts suspending elemental medium at a moment between melt and cut as well as between sensory stimulus and definiton.
The surface of Protoist Forms are created by the additive rust from the oils/acids of the human hand as well as the subtractive removal of surface memory by the very same touch.
Director: Michael Govan
Curator: Franklin Sirmans, Holly Harrison
In Kind Support: Christopher Powers, KC Fabrications
CORDAY / NEW YORK