WINDOW DRESSING: IM LATE TO THE PARTY BUT IM ALWAYS ON TIME
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December 5, 2022 – December 16, 2022
Philip Koš?ak
IM LATE TO THE PARTY BUT IM ALWAYS ON TIME
Dec 5 – Dec 16, 2022
Philip Koš?ak uses their memory of Kermit the Frog to explore various aspects of their own identity, including race, gender, and sexuality. By multiplying these figures through many different iterations, they represent concurrent related personas: sometimes, as self-reflection; sometimes, as friend, and, sometimes, as lover. For their Window Dressing installation, im late to the party but im always on time, these iterative figures fill the entire space of the gallery display. Playful gestures abound, as each painted, freestanding, human-sized frog-person expresses itself through unique poses and postures. Some figures are flying, some embrace, some are sexy (but not too sexy). While the installation loosely resembles a storefront display, these figures are not here to sell anything in particular; the drawings are props and the figures are here to perform.
Philip Koš?ak’s research and work investigates race, gender, sexuality, and memory. They hold a BA in Art and an MA in Visual Art from California State University, Northridge. In 2017, they received their MFA in Sculpture from Cranbrook Academy of Art and the following year was a visiting fellow at the Vermont Studio Center. Koš?ak’s work has been exhibited at Mata Gallery (in partnership with Avenue 50), Angel’s Gate Cultural Center, the Torrance Art Museum, PAM Residencies, George Caleb Bingham Gallery, ESXLA, GLAMFA, Forum Gallery, and the Cranbrook Art Museum.