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Mercury 20 Gallery
May 19 - June 25, 2016Info
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http://www.mercurytwenty.com/
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(510) 701-4620
Reception
May 19, 2016 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm
"Rob in His Bath" (2016), Digital C-print, 30" x 36" (photo by the artist)
Chris Komater's new photo series Sexting consists of large but extremely low-resolution enlargements of graphic images shared over the internet through the course of his recent dating experiences. The digital C-prints are all 30 x 36 inches, with resolution of 8 x 10 pixels, so each pixel is about 3.25 inches square. From a distance, it's almost possible to make out what's being described, but as the viewer is drawn closer, the images fall apart into pixelated near-abstract grids of colored squares. The titles titillate: "Rob in His Bath;" "A Little More of Me;" "Tented Speedos;" etc. But like the process of seeking intimacy on the internet, the viewer's titillation is ultimately frustrated by the experience of trying to give form to one's imagination. www.chriskomater.com Chris Komater is a San Francisco-based artist. His photographs and sound installations have been shown at Cheryl Haines Gallery, Patricia Sweetow Gallery, Mark Wolfe Contemporary Arts, Meridian Gallery, and the LAB Gallery in San Francisco; Jan Kesner Gallery in Los Angeles; Bernard Toale Gallery in Boston, and many other venues. He is the recipient of a WESTAF-NEA Regional Visual Arts Fellowship, a Market Street Art-in-Transit grant, and was the founding director and curator of Secession Gallery, a non-profit gallery without walls in San Francisco, and the online arts venue, Marjorie Wood Gallery. This is Chris' third solo show at the Mercury 20 Gallery.