at this point in the year (especially considering the season), so many things are flying at such a high velocity that thinking about catagorizing and making sense of the world through the deliberate process of sorting seems particularly appealing. something about the first work is an interesting alternative perspective to the act of creating order in a manner strongly reminiscent of Paho Mann.
from the press release of Island Time happening at the James Cohan Gallery:
The exhibition Island Time will be installed over two galleries with titles such as Escape and Rescue Plan and Everything I Have that point to inspiration taken from both the mundane and personal. The title of the show Island Time is a reference to Robinson Crusoe and the hand-made objects that were critical to his survival on a desert island—a metaphor that draws connections between the state of being shipwrecked, to the role of the artist as an outsider, to the artist's personal biography living as an expatriate in a foreign city. Evident in the work is Evan's preoccupation with counting and charting—an activity also key to survival as a castaway.
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