Zoe Koke
Speed, gas, evaporation and disappearance are conceptualized as embodiments of Capitalism in Zoe Koke’s paintings. The materiality and disintegration of nature become the primary subject in her work, pointing to our divorced connection with our surroundings as well as our own bodies and senses. The distance between abstraction and figura- tion is a realm to examine power. In Koke’s work, the notion of a land- scape isn’t fixed, rather it shifts, dissolves and recedes. Titles take their shape from simple observations as well as important cultural texts, mark- ers for overlapping histories of omission, destruction and regeneration.
She looks to the representation of nature in Art History, considering the notion of the Sublime, the Renaissance, Impressionism, Romanticism, Abstract Expressionism, Minimalism and hobby art, to conceptually meditate on how depicting the landscape has long been a part of human ritual, domination and survival. the second space brings together an envelope of suggestions for perception - to consider the physical as well as the metaphysical containers and the complexities that shape our relationship with nature.
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oil and acrylic on canvas
53.94 x 70.08 in (137 x 178 cm) -
oil and acrylic on canvas
22.83 x 44.88 in (58 x 114 cm) -
oil and acrylic on canvas
20.08 x 16.14 in (51 x 41 cm) -
oil and acrylic on canvas
14.17 x 11.02 in (36 x 28 cm) -
oil and acrylic on canvas
44.88 x 22.83 in (114 x 58 cm) -
oil and acrylic on canvas
50 x 74.02 in (127 x 188 cm) -
oil and acrylic on canvas / 3 parts, each 50.8 x 40.6 cm
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oil and acrylic on canvas
14.17 x 14.17 in (36 x 36 cm) -
oil and acrylic on canvas
50 x 64.96 in (127 x 165 cm) -
oil and acrylic on canvas
27.95 x 24.02 in (71 x 61 cm) -
oil and acrylic on canvas
74.02 x 50 in (188 x 127 cm) -
oil and acrylic on canvas
74.02 x 50 in (188 x 127 cm)