Kavi Gupta is happy to announce Glenn Kaino’s solo exhibition, Glenn Kaino: A Shout Within a Storm Curated by Steven Matijcio, at the Contemporary Arts Center in Cincinnati, OH. The exhibition will be on view from November 17, 2017 through April 22, 2018.
From the CAC:
The chameleon-esque practice of Los Angeles-based artist Glenn Kaino utilizes sculpture, spectacle, video and performance to convey political restlessness and the uncanny blurring of news with fallacy. As a former street artist, web designer, theatre producer and chief creative officer for the pioneering digital music startup Napster, Kaino has become celebrated for his re-combinative approach known as “kit-bashing.” Developing his practice at the height of the Internet boom, Kaino was part of a generation of artists who rethought the model-maker's process of assembling standard structures into hybrid forms. His 2014 installation Tank integrates fragments of a decommissioned military tank into a series of aquarium environments. This stunning array of the Los Angeles-based artist's work will span the last decade of his enigmatic practice, including his collaborations with marine biologists, mentalists, gang members, chess players and – in his newest work which debuts in this exhibition – celebrity Japanese chef Niki Nakayama.
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Glenn KainoIn Search of a New Model (Photosphere), 2016Gold, amber, quartz, steel pins, plastic, foam, Plexiglas, and paint48 x 36 in
121.9 x 91.4 cm -
Glenn KainoNow Do I Repay A Period Won (Syria), 2014Polished steel, wood, foam231 x 124 in
586.7 x 315 cm overall16 Unique Panels -
Glenn KainoSign, A Pen for Every Player, 2017Wood, plaster, metal33 x 55 x 30 in
83.8 x 139.7 x 76.2 cm -
Glenn Kaino, The Past Has Not Yet Happened (Panama), 2017
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Glenn KainoBridge (Controlling the Explosion of Speed), 2016Fiberglass, steel, wire, gold paint, glass, light48 x 36 x 7 in
121.9 x 91.4 x 17.8 cm -
Glenn KainoWe Have Seen The Enemy and He is Us, 2014Found bomb fin cases, metal and hardware138 x 40 1/2 x 22 1/2 in
350.5 x 102.9 x 57.1 cm -
Glenn KainoSuspended Animation, 2014Found rock conveyor, rocks63 x 173 x 41 in
160 x 439.4 x 104.1 cm -
Glenn KainoIn Search of New Systems (Logarithmic), 2016Plexiglass, plastic, amber, gold, ruthenium, meteorite fragments, wire, paint72 x 72 x 5 in
182.9 x 182.9 x 12.7 cm