FLUXspace is proud to present a solo show by Scott Kip. He is a Philadelphia based artist whose newest work is on display here at FLUXspace. Steven Dufala, Kip’s Colleague and part time advisor, has the following to say about the work: SD: So, here’s a bit of thought on Scott’s work. I’m trying to zero in on the invisible aspects of the work, because in a way, it’s a very dry kind of humor that has his show title ‘Illuminated Structures’. He’s deferring to the structures- and as a crafts person, the wooden structures are important- but the art is in the invisible structures, the physics of what he’s trying to illuminate. The tiny windows in the structures are more than views through each piece to the next. It seems they’re an analogue for intellectual perspectives through physical/metaphysical phenomena. Scott has repeatedly said to me that he doesn’t make art; he doesn’t draw, and he doesn’t make art. This is, of course, untrue. It is perhaps less than false, however, if he is somehow confusing what he makes art about and the art that he makes. For many people, a belief in god, or at least something beyond us is part of the great mystery of life. I don’t believe Scott to be counted among these people. For Scott, I believe that mystery lies in the invisible things that exist right along side of us all of our lives: the physical world around us with it’s unseen forces and our mind’s ability to understand and accept these things, sight unseen. This is very different from faith and it’s calculation: existence starts at birth and ends at death. The innumerable questions present always in all of what’s between these two points, are somehow, somewhere, a measurable thing. It should take only the appropriate tool to measure them. Even Noah, with his ark, took the practical measure of collecting only two of every animal, which would make Scott’s attempt at collecting unseen phenomena an utterly impractical measure, and as such, irrefutably, art. So, the art that Scott ‘doesn’t make’ would seem to be made of that very delicate balance struck when an artist incites a viewer to sense a limit to our seemingly limitless world. This exhibition is the final exhibition in the fall calendar. We will be hosting non-exhibition FLUXspace programming all winter, so join us! And look forward for our March exhibition, a to be decided season opener! Best Regards,
Images: + Coming Soon +
Press: Philadelphia Inquirer: His Sculptures Speak For Him and Say, Loudly, 'Artist'
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