Mark Fox "Monstr"
Larissa Goldston Gallery
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In this exhibition Fox continues his study of various religious and mythological texts that describe accepted truths. His process of copying, cutting and reassembling these texts recalls the monastic production of illuminated manuscripts in the use of materials – paper, ink, gold leaf – as well as in the act of transcription. “By taking a razor to these transcribed doctrines, I am seeking to examine the edges of these dogmas; to scrutinize the ways in which their meaning and implications underpin contemporary culture.” Deep Gray See, a massive cascade of cut paper suspended from a 70s-era gilded school desk, draws on Papal edicts and Fox’s childhood reverence for Star Trek. By intertwining Captain Kirk’s galactic records with the Constitution of Divine Revelation, the original meanings of these “authoritative” texts are obscured and new associations emerge through their juxtaposition.
Further exploring his interest in transcribing texts, Fox presents a new body of mirrored stainless steel work. The diptych of cut-steel blends obscure anatomical facts with familiar idioms about the body. The reflective surfaces, consisting of equal parts positive and negative space, conflate the area behind – a staging of his recollections of an undercroft sacristy – and in front of the mirrors. The result is an optical effect whereby the viewer’s eye organizes the fragmented visual field, including the viewer’s own reflection, into a unified image.
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Schedule
from May 14, 2010 to July 09, 2010
Opening Reception on 2010-05-14 from 18:00 to 20:00