recto y verso EDITIONS
EXHIBITIONS
TOM KOKEN
On view October 24, 2019
through December 20, 2019
RED CARPET GALA ART OPENING
41 STATE STREET (LOBBY & SUITE 103)
ALBANY, NY 12207
Thursday, October 24, 2019
Collectors & Press Preview: 1pm thru 3pm
Official Public Opening: 3pm thru 6pm
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This solo exhibition will highlight recent works by New York based painter Tom Koken. Tom’s work has been described as luminous and cerebral with a unique emphasis on deriving from nature and patterns, using techniques of deconstruction and assemblage of known subject matter to create a new visual form.
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“I’m interested in a delicate balance of opposites. All kinds of opposites – chaos vs order, boredom vs excitement, beauty vs dullness, foreground vs background, representational vs abstract, flatness vs. dimensionality...” –TOM KOKEN
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Selected one-person shows include: Separate, MKG127, Toronto; Artist’s Space, NYC, Group Show–Member’s Gallery, Albright-Knox Museum, Buffalo, NY; Animal Life, One Penn Plaza, NYC; and Gold, Art Advisory–Museum of Modern Art.
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His work is in the collections of Bank of Montreal, Prudential Life Insurance as well as several private collections. He lives and works in New York City. www.tomkoken.com