FLAVORPILL SF
February 28th, 2006
February 28, 2006
"Molly Springfield: 'They Just Keep Telling You the Same Thing Forever' and Kaz Oshiro: 'Subpar'" by Katie Kurtz
The two complementary solo exhibitions by Kaz Oshiro and Molly Springfield examine not just the nature but the origin of artifice. Oshiro's constructions of everyday objects (a refrigerator, an office wall cabinet, a Fender amp) are easy to dismiss at first glance, but a closer look reveals that they are fabricated using common art making materials like canvas, paint, and Bondo adhesive. Springfield's works on paper look like photocopies from afar, but step in to see her meticulous renderings of literary and theoretical texts. In both cases, the works are replications of copies of duplications. Or the other way around. (KK)
"Molly Springfield: 'They Just Keep Telling You the Same Thing Forever' and Kaz Oshiro: 'Subpar'" by Katie Kurtz
The two complementary solo exhibitions by Kaz Oshiro and Molly Springfield examine not just the nature but the origin of artifice. Oshiro's constructions of everyday objects (a refrigerator, an office wall cabinet, a Fender amp) are easy to dismiss at first glance, but a closer look reveals that they are fabricated using common art making materials like canvas, paint, and Bondo adhesive. Springfield's works on paper look like photocopies from afar, but step in to see her meticulous renderings of literary and theoretical texts. In both cases, the works are replications of copies of duplications. Or the other way around. (KK)
