NYAB Event - Casey Cook "Punch List"

Casey Cook "Punch List"

I-20 Gallery

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Entitled Punch List, the exhibition will comprise acrylic paintings and works on paper, which further the trends within the artist’s work – compositions of geometric shapes and delineated figures that build toward enigmatic and balanced abstract constructions. In her new works, Cook amps up the synergy and takes more pleasure in her palette.

The title of the exhibition is important in regards to the artist’s practice, a “Punch List” begins as a single note written on a scrap of paper. The phrase takes its name from the process of punching a hole in the margin next to an item on a list of construction tasks that need to be completed for a structure to be sound. It is a listing of items that require immediate attention, lest their oversight cause you future problems.

Cook’s paintings draw upon the Punch List ritual in her work. The imaginary finished product is built upon thrift store and flea market finds (e.g. fabric from a sofa cushion, the curve of a high-heeled shoe, advertisements from an erotic magazine) collected while touring with her band, Americans in France. Cook employs the idea of transformation from the Dadaists and Surrealists by assigning new meaning to the disparate collection. She transforms them into a stirring revelation realized through a new significance, as the collages become drawings and finally paintings.

Media

• Painting
• Drawing

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