1/22: NOT ALL DAYS ARE THE SAME; A CONTEMPLATION OF TRANSITS // new works by KAREN BOVINICH

NOT ALL DAYS ARE THE SAME; A CONTEMPLATION OF TRANSITS
new works by KAREN BOVINICH
JANUARY 22-29 , 2012

Opening Reception: Sunday, Jan 22 7-10pm
Open Hours: Saturdays 12-4pm

RoxaBoxen Exhibitions
2130 W 21st Street, Chicago 60608

“What does a fish know about the water in which he swims all his life” – Einstein, Albert. (1956)
Out of My Later Years. Newyork: Philosophical Library. Chapter 2,Self Portrait., chalk on dry wall, 22′ x 16′,  2011.

NOT ALL DAYS ARE THE SAME; A CONTEMPLATION OF TRANSITS
Through sculptural subtleties, Bovinich examines the accidental and insignificant gestures that speak to a living body.  If identity is made up of an individual’s actions, how do we compute the resulting sculptures of existence: hand-written notes, a bodily indentation on a couch, wipe marks on the bathroom mirror—all objects that shadow us momentarily and precede us inevitably. Inspired by celestial transits such as Jupiter’s moon, Io, whose shadow leads its path across the surface of Jupiter; Bovinich draws attention to the remnants of living within transient time.

KAREN BOVINICH is an installation and performance artist. She received her BFA in Fine Arts from Columbia College in 2010. In 2008, Bovinich started a collaborative live sculpture group known as Before Cake, After Dinner (BC,AD). She now participates as half of the newly formed collaboration, Jesus Mejia &Ruth.  Bovinich currently lives and works in Chicago, IL.

More information about Karen Bovinich can be found at www.karenbovinich.com

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