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- Statement:
- On the "Exchange" series-
The series entitled "Exchange" I have produced centers around the experience of human connection- the ideas, information, sensations, moods, and energies exchanged through contact. I focus on the reception and transmission of these sensations, likening them to electricity, or digital information. Then, plugs and cords are integrated into the human figure, to signify this capacity for exchange of the immaterial.
On the "Identity" series-
In 2006, I started working on a series of paintings based on the idea of the the identity as a construct. The paintings feature three main elements; a human figure in an abstracted environment, a mask, and a collaged object that is the focus for the figure. These elements make for an interesting, if a bit of a strange piece of artwork, I know, but what do these have to do with the identity as a construct?
Living in the world we live in, we are constantly surrounded by external stimulus and information- material information, religious information, literary, aesthetic, or philosophical information, just about any sort of information one can think of. This information, regardless of how respected, revered, or seemingly concrete, is ultimately constructed of ideas. The individual is attracted to these ideas because, consciously or subconsciously, we feel that these things reflect some truth about ourselves. Throughout the course of our lives, we gather this information, surround ourselves with it, and by the time we've matured, we have constructed a patchwork identity for ourselves, made up of ideas that have little to do with the unique human being that we are.
The three main elements I spoke of before, are a representation of this idea. The human figure, the constructed identity, and an object from which that identity feeds for ratification.
- Biography:
- Ko Smith received his B.F.A. in Fine Arts from the Art Institute of Boston in Boston, Massachusetts. He now lives and works in New York City.
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