◄ Overview
Zak Kitnick
Season 11 (Brass board, Aluminum bar, Galvanize steel ace point, Copper point)
“There are some parts of life that are very complicated, and other parts that are very simple,” says Zak Kitnick. “I try to simplify the complicated parts and complicate the simple ones.” This perspective is reflected in his recent series of backgammon boards, which were featured at CLEARING gallery in 2018 in an exhibition called “Doubles.” The selection shown at Object & Thing could be read as alluding to the long tradition (in both Asia and Europe) of art themed according to life cycles and seasons. Kitnick’s palette of metals, however, has an elastic relationship to spring, summer, fall, and winter. Like the artist’s other deep dives into everyday motifs – olive oil, telephones, and Sears tools among them – his approach is loosely metaphorical, obliquely aestheticized, replete with gamesmanship.
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Artist
Zak Kitnick
Material
Metal plate on aluminum framed panel with powder coated steel table, aluminum checkers, aluminum dice
Contributing Gallery
CLEARING
Date
2019
Dimensions
25.25 in × 39.25 in × 30 in
64.135 cm × 99.695 cm × 76.2 cm
ID
Image credit: JSP Art Photography. Courtesy of the artist and C L E A R I N G, New York / Brussels
Season 11 (Brass board, Aluminum bar, Galvanize steel ace point, Copper point), 2019
25.25 in × 39.25 in × 30 in
Metal plate on aluminum framed panel with powder coated steel table, aluminum checkers, aluminum dice
CLEARING
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“There are some parts of life that are very complicated, and other parts that are very simple,” says Zak Kitnick. “I try to simplify the complicated parts and complicate the simple ones.” This perspective is reflected in his recent series of backgammon boards, which were featured at CLEARING gallery in 2018 in an exhibition called “Doubles.” The selection shown at Object & Thing could be read as alluding to the long tradition (in both Asia and Europe) of art themed according to life cycles and seasons. Kitnick’s palette of metals, however, has an elastic relationship to spring, summer, fall, and winter. Like the artist’s other deep dives into everyday motifs – olive oil, telephones, and Sears tools among them – his approach is loosely metaphorical, obliquely aestheticized, replete with gamesmanship.