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Mark Napier, Bend (three stills)
 
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TITLE:  Bend (three stills)
ARTIST:  Mark Napier (American)
WORK DATE:  2007
CATEGORY:  Installations
MATERIALS:  custom software, computer
SIZE:  dimensions variable
STYLE:  Contemporary
PRICE*:  Contact Gallery for Price
GALLERY:  bitforms gallery  212-366-6939  Send Email
DESCRIPTION:  Another software work in the exhibition, Bend, displayed on screen, investigates the notion that we ourselves are vessels of information. This live installation delicately animates bare human flesh over the surface of the building, sensuously enveloping its structure and forming a skin.

Originally trained as a painter, Mark Napier's visual vocabulary is informed by Cubist representations ofspace. Specifically considering the early work of Picasso and Braque, Napier created custom software to simulate a “soft” skyscraper that is thrown and bent by unseen forces. Every iteration of the building's movement is captured, forming a densely layered record in a perpetual state of cubist deconstruction.

ONLINE CATALOGUE(S):  Mark Napier: Recent Work  Apr 12 - May 19, 2007
 
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