Michael Zelehoski in front of one of his large scale works.
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Suzanne first saw Michael Selehoski’s work in the early 2000’s in the Berkshires. Selehoski was working out of Sam Kasten’s school and showing his works all around the Berkshires. We immediately knew the artist was a rising star. Now Selehoski is represented by a number of galleries including Backslash Gallery in Paris. We are particularly intrigued by his play on two dimensional versus three dimensional space. His craftsmanship with the wood is outstanding!
We particularly love this quote about the artist’s work.
“Zelehoski initiates a playful dialogue with earlier artistic examples of constructions and assemblages, including Picasso’s Cubist collages, Duchamp’s Readymades, and Rauschenberg’s Combines. While Zelehoski might not allude, intentionally, to the ironical underpinnings of these earlier artworks, there remains a degree of play and conflict in the reconciliation of his objects’ destruction and reconstruction. This conflict or act of transformation is a critical component of the artistic process. Its expression is found in Zelehoski’s denial of an object’s original, three-dimensional structure, and his subsequent establishment of the object’s authenticity as both concrete and abstract. In effect, the artist considers the history of the object itself as a primary element in the contemporary experience of his sculpture.”
Aliza Edelman, “Michael Zelehoski: Objecthood”, September 2010
Zelehoski’s construction process.
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Installation view.
Image courtesy of Backslash Gallery.
Installation view.
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Michael Zelehoski, Open House, Found building and painted plywood, 2012.
Image courtesy of Backslash Gallery.
