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Kit King new show, by Aza on Apr 8, 2016 16:56:51 GMT 1, Not exactly 'urban' art, but I like it




Last Rites Gallery is pleased to announce Dimensional Analogue, a solo exhibition of works by Kit King, on view at 325 W 38th Street from April 23 – May 8th, 2016.

The hyperrealistic and abstract artworks translate the artist’s struggle with agoraphobia into a conceptual essay
on her imprisoning sense of fear of open spaces. This exhibition of paintings explored through a crucible of
trepidation, perception and, ultimately, painting itself, is a wide open metaphor for the artist.

“I struggle daily with the notion of space, and my place within it,” says King. “It all boils down to identity and reality”.

During the last seven years, King has struggled with agoraphobia, which is clinical anxiety in response to open spaces. As the artist explains, she lives her life behind the same walls day in and day out. King notes she may never be able to see her work outside her studio. In this light, the exhibition will serve, in many ways, as a potent offering: bringing the artist’s personal workplace to the world as she breaks down space to its simplest most universal terms of points, dimensions and planar surfaces.

The artist, who is fascinated by the psychology embedded within spatial awareness, explores perception as well
as technical subjects. This new collection is the equivalent of a battlefield where literal awareness can be
mischievous, and space itself can give birth to fears and anxieties in the form of abstract two-dimensional and
King’s new achromatic works, which represent her ultimate pictorial and conceptual experiment, have been
rendered in a neutral palette of blacks, whites, greys and beiges. Here the subjects are depicted in a variety of
mediums, and can all be traced back to the artist’s interaction with both space and consciousness: each work is a
narrative of how each of us perceives space and reality in different measures.

Born in 1987 in Ottawa, Canada, Kit King is a self-taught portrait artist currently living and working in Curran, Ontario. She has recently exhibited her work at Galerie d’Art Desjardins, Drommondville, Québec (2016), Beaverbrook Art Gallery, Fredricton, New Brunswick (2015/2016); and Gananoque Firehall Theatre, Ontario (2015).

King has also participated in several group shows in the United States and internationally, notably at The Cornell Museum of Art, Delray Beach, Florida, (2015/2016), The Spoke Art Gallery, San Francisco, (2016); Last Rites Gallery, NYC, NY, (2015 and 2016); Gristle Studio, Brooklyn, NY, (2014) and The Unit, London, UK (2015).

King’s works are part of the permanent collection of The Etihad Modern Art Gallery, United Arab Emirates, and will be included this year in upcoming shows at The Marcas Gallery, Santa Ana, CA; Abend Gallery, Denver, CO and BeinArt Gallery, Melbourne, Australia.

Not exactly 'urban' art, but I like it




Last Rites Gallery is pleased to announce Dimensional Analogue, a solo exhibition of works by Kit King, on view at 325 W 38th Street from April 23 – May 8th, 2016.

The hyperrealistic and abstract artworks translate the artist’s struggle with agoraphobia into a conceptual essay
on her imprisoning sense of fear of open spaces. This exhibition of paintings explored through a crucible of
trepidation, perception and, ultimately, painting itself, is a wide open metaphor for the artist.

“I struggle daily with the notion of space, and my place within it,” says King. “It all boils down to identity and reality”.

During the last seven years, King has struggled with agoraphobia, which is clinical anxiety in response to open spaces. As the artist explains, she lives her life behind the same walls day in and day out. King notes she may never be able to see her work outside her studio. In this light, the exhibition will serve, in many ways, as a potent offering: bringing the artist’s personal workplace to the world as she breaks down space to its simplest most universal terms of points, dimensions and planar surfaces.

The artist, who is fascinated by the psychology embedded within spatial awareness, explores perception as well
as technical subjects. This new collection is the equivalent of a battlefield where literal awareness can be
mischievous, and space itself can give birth to fears and anxieties in the form of abstract two-dimensional and
King’s new achromatic works, which represent her ultimate pictorial and conceptual experiment, have been
rendered in a neutral palette of blacks, whites, greys and beiges. Here the subjects are depicted in a variety of
mediums, and can all be traced back to the artist’s interaction with both space and consciousness: each work is a
narrative of how each of us perceives space and reality in different measures.

Born in 1987 in Ottawa, Canada, Kit King is a self-taught portrait artist currently living and working in Curran, Ontario. She has recently exhibited her work at Galerie d’Art Desjardins, Drommondville, Québec (2016), Beaverbrook Art Gallery, Fredricton, New Brunswick (2015/2016); and Gananoque Firehall Theatre, Ontario (2015).

King has also participated in several group shows in the United States and internationally, notably at The Cornell Museum of Art, Delray Beach, Florida, (2015/2016), The Spoke Art Gallery, San Francisco, (2016); Last Rites Gallery, NYC, NY, (2015 and 2016); Gristle Studio, Brooklyn, NY, (2014) and The Unit, London, UK (2015).

King’s works are part of the permanent collection of The Etihad Modern Art Gallery, United Arab Emirates, and will be included this year in upcoming shows at The Marcas Gallery, Santa Ana, CA; Abend Gallery, Denver, CO and BeinArt Gallery, Melbourne, Australia.