JOHN KALYMNIOS – RECENT WORK
Dates: December 10 – January 29
Opening Reception: Friday December 10, 6–8 pm

Marcel Sitcoske Gallery is proud to present the first solo exhibition of John Kalymnios on the West Coast. The sculptures of John Kalymnios deal with the ways in which we perceive and interact with the world around us. They do this by drawing our attention to the layers and filters through which we experience subjective reality.

Kalymnios has produced sculptures that portray the natural world through moving images, motors, and light. Although they have the look of sleek, industrially produced objects, these works are unique and handmade. Instead of offering us static images, they recreate the experience of nature itself, effectively reproducing the essence of water and sky. In WATER – PROJECTION, three back-lit duraclear photographs of waves float past each other as they are captured on a video camera and projected, jewel-like, onto the gallery wall. It is this melding of technical precision and ephemeral, evocative beauty that makes Kalymnios’ work so compelling.

In other works, Kalymnios focuses more intently on the interactions between viewer and object. A sculpture made of ten fresnel lenses distorts whatever the viewer sees through it, thus making the focus of the work the viewer’s distorted perception of the world. He has also created a drawing machine that will produce a new drawing on the gallery wall every few days. These drawings are a collaborative effort between human and machine, the operator of the machine having some control over their final appearance.