Kim Kimball     bring to bear 11 october - 11 november , 2002 opening friday 11 october, 7-9p gallery 2       invitation card video stills from eternal fir           installation view             installation view         installation view eternal fire DVD, 2002       press release Pierogi is delighted to present the second solo exhibition of New York artist, Kim Kimball. According to Kimball, "Art, like sex, is meant to quicken the pulse." In this new exhibition Kimball continues his curious blending of painting, sculpture and video in an installation format. Here he uses white as a leitmotif in a set of paintings, a group of sculptures, a collection of Jokers, and a seminal video. This multi-media concoction adds up to a discernible and sensible whole—sensible in Kimball's world, that is. The exhibition is generated by an idea and begins with a symbol of an idea: literally, a light bulb. Magic works with sleight of hand. Kimball works with sleight of idea. But this installation does not end with an idea. The objects themselves are visually engaging elements of collections. The act of collecting being an aesthetic that the artist takes and applies to objects in the real world. Each collection being a different expression of the same thing. As Rugoff reminds us regarding the Smiths, "art is a game in which we can make up the rules." In life, propagation starts with a seed; in art, an idea. Kimball Kimball's works similarly engage fragmentation, repetition and mimicry and in their own way explore issues of perception and subjectivity. Jane Harris
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