"Three Stars" "★★★"
Review of Winston Wacher Fine Art Inc-> Andreas Kocks:Current Events:
The Winston Wachter Gallery was not on my agenda Thursday night when I started my weekly gallery tour of Chelsea, but as always there were some more galleries that I didn't know about that had their doors open with a huge crowd of socialites doing what they do best (socializing). When I walked in I was greeted with a huge peice of graphite covered paper on the gallery wall cut out into an intiguing design. The whole galler was covered in graphite paper feathers and splaters and goo and blood. The title "Current Events" made tied the whole art show together. Kocks made full use of the Winston Wachter's interesting roomy layout and was a sucsess! The only thing thatwas lacking was a deeper emotional conection with the viewer which wasn't comunicated through the work. This coulb be that the work was an not an emotional reaction to the work but rather a conceptual one leaving a tad sense of being forced. The show was still sucessful and I would love to have Kocks set up some work in my condo! (I would be soooo cool!)Gotta see this one. NOTE: The pic above is not from the exhibit.
Press release of Winston Wacher Fine Art Inc-> Andreas Kocks:Current Events:
Winston Wächter Fine Art is pleased to announce its first solo show entitled Current Events with German sculptor Andreas Kocks (born 1960, Oberhausen, Germany). Kocks’ work focuses on the integration of fine art and architecture. His favorite medium is heavy watercolor paper. By cutting into it and installing multiple layers on the site, he transforms the “contained architectural box” into a territorial surface. The entire gallery feels physically activated as he redefines existing boundaries. The walls of the architecture no longer define the space. Instead, Kocks modifies the conventional cube by removing its innate banality and replaces it with an immediate cerebral experience. In a deliberate way Kocks has “tagged” the walls with his papercuts but has also left an implied trace of the viewer’s passive action. Moreover, he invites the viewer to move and change their position thus modifying his or her viewpoint.
Kocks' cut and carved paperworks impress with their exceptional skill and materialism. Possessing preternatural grace and exquisite surfaces they shimmer, twist and curl, forcing natural light to make subtle shadows over the lines of each bas relief.
The main installation at Winston Wächter Fine Art is entitled Splatter. Here inky graphite splashes spill up the wall and surround the viewer, as if they have been playfully or aggressively thrown from a distance. Thus creating a palpable feeling of energy coursing through the work, perhaps signaling a beginning or an end, a bursting open or a falling apart. Also included in this show are some of Kocks’ smaller scale framed works, which are carved rather than cut. These smaller scale works offer a more intimate, reflective experience and with these Kocks demonstrates his mastery of subtlety and process.
We are delighted to announce that Andreas Kocks will be featured at a concurrent exhibition in New York at the Museum of Art and Design. The show is entitled Slash: Paper Under the Knife and includes approximately 50 international artists. The exhibit will run from October 13, 2009 to April 4, 2010. Slash is curated by MAD’s chief curator, David McFadden.
Andreas Kocks received his MFA from the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, Germany. His work has been shown in galleries and museums in Europe and in the United States. He received the Pollock-Krasner Grant, New York in 2006/07.
For further information, please contact Amanda Snyder at 212-255-2718.
Andreas Kocks: Current Events art show website
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