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UPCOMING Exhibition |
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Benjamin Cook
Polymodal Translation
New Paintings,
Works on Mylar, Textiles and Sculpture
July 11 - August 23. 2025 |
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Benjamin Cook
"Windows 95"
printed fabric, satin, cotton, thread, batting, poly-fil stuffing,
62"h. x 100"w. x 8" depth |
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"Make-Up Bag"
acrylic on paper, sheet:, 30" x 22.25" |
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Steve Hough "Field
Fluctuations"
color-shifting paint on carved Plexiglas, 14.5" h. x 48" w. |
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My work is rooted in the moment of translation. As
information moves from one form to another, it is fundamentally
altered—reborn as something new. Inherently, this process is one of
abstraction, perpetually engaging the present, yet defying the ability
to be captured. As works of art slide back and forth between physical
objects, documented images, and through various dissemination
channels, the effects of mechanical, personal, and contextual
translations are made visible. But this visibility, a collection of
the conditions that are lost or gained, is a collapsing of the
abstraction—a translation made opaque.
The opacity is further obfuscated by the lack of precision in the
directional flow of the translation. Drawings come from digital
renders that come from digital images of paintings that come from
product templates, with compositions that evolve through in-progress
uploaded images, ensuring each painting will also produce the desired
source material for the future drawing. The confusion is intentional—a
strategy designed to strip the works of a hierarchy of chronology. The
different versions do not point to the previous or the next but
instead they point towards the center, to the moment of translation. |
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Zg Gallery
300 W. Superior St.
Chicago, IL 60654 |
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Contact: |
312.654.9900 |
info@ZgGallery.com |
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Gallery Hours: |
Tuesday - Saturday 11am-5:30pm cst
and by appointment |
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Directions: |
Located in Chicago's River North Gallery
District, |
at the corner of Superior and Franklin St. |
CTA Brown and Purple Train Line - Chicago Ave.
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Join our email list for upcoming
openings and preview of new art: |
info@ZgGallery.com |
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Zg
Gallery exhibits contemporary art by national, international and local
emerging and mid-career artists working in all media including painting, sculpture,
installation, video, photography and works on paper. The gallery
opened in Chicago’s River North Gallery district in February, 2002.
Zg
Gallery presents approximately six exhibitions each year, most of
which are solo shows focusing on the work of a single artist.
Although the style of each artist’s work varies from photo-realism to
abstraction and minimalism, the intent of the gallery is to present
diverse exhibitions unified by new ideas executed with fresh
approaches to materials, medium, application and content.
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