Christopher Cook at Today Art Museum Beijing.
Time: 4-15 April 2007
VENUE/ BEIJING TODAY ART MUSEUM (NO.32 BAIZIWAN ROAD, CHAOYANG DISTRICT, BEIJING 100022)
Over the past eight years Christopher Cook has developed a highly specific process in which graphite powder is combined with oil, resin and solvents and poured sprayed or brushed onto sheets of coated paper and coated aluminium, then worked with a variety of implements.
With their bloom, sparkle and sedimentation, the 'graphites' blur the distinction between drawing and painting, and involve themselves in the contemporary dialogue between painting and photography. These distinctive works examine the interaction of organic and systematic principles, and challenge conventional notions of beauty.
Cook is interested in the post-industrial landscape and the forces that shape the world - including our very human inclination to modify and abuse nature. Certain images refer to low resolution surveillance footage to suggest urban isolation, and others to concepts of genetic manipulation. This tendency is often tempered by a poetic evocation of the natural world, which recalls both English and oriental landscape genres.
Christopher Cook was born in North Yorkshire, England, and studied at the Royal College of Art in London. He is currently Reader in Painting at the University of Plymouth, U.K. His work has been the subject of regular international exhibitions, and is held in collections including the British Museum, the Fitzwilliam Museum and the Metropolitan Museum New York.
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