Ikon presents a solo exhibition of work by New York based Lithuanian artist, Zilvinas Kempinas. Comprising a number of installations it is characteristically elemental, representing and embodying natural phenomena such as light and the circulation of air, with an emphasis on movement made by both visitors and kinetic works in the exhibition. Kempinas' work involves unprecious everyday objects and materials, and he is most renowned for using unwound videotape. It appeals to him not only as an 'abstraction' of moving imagery, ...
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Ikon presents a solo exhibition of work by New York based Lithuanian artist, Zilvinas Kempinas. Comprising a number of installations it is characteristically elemental, representing and embodying natural phenomena such as light and the circulation of air, with an emphasis on movement made by both visitors and kinetic works in the exhibition. Kempinas' work involves unprecious everyday objects and materials, and he is most renowned for using unwound videotape. It appeals to him not only as an 'abstraction' of moving imagery, but also because of its distinct physical qualities. Ideas of movement, in its pure kinetic state or as a trace of movement that has already happened, are developed through the artist's work.
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