supersonicart: Kevin Peterson’s “Wild” at Thinkspace Projects.Opening on Satu
Kevin Peterson’s “Wild” at Thinkspace Projects.
Opening on Saturday, March 2nd, 2019 at Thinkspace Projects in Los Angeles, California is the phenomenal solo exhibition from artist Kevin Petersonentitled, “Wild.”
Peterson’s works harness a dystopian social hyperrealism through painstaking attention to every possible fraction and detail of the mundane in their execution - every contour is excised, every surface meticulously rendered. The weird crystal clarity of the hyperreal in the depiction of these desolate underpasses and structural ruins provides a starkly strange backdrop for elements of fairytale, like the fantastic alliances proposed between children and animals, and the magical narratives these allegiances imply. A psychologically poignant, if not ambiguous, feeling of transformation and hope lingers in these impossibly arresting scenes of solitary kids. The resilience they suggest is haunting, while the unsettling verity with which these vulnerable fictions are cast strike something in our shared fear of literal and figurative exposure.
The exhibition will be on view until March 23rd, 2019 and should be sought out if you’re in the Los Angeles area.
Fri, 01 Mar 2019 12:55:55
