press release
STUDIO10
TOM BUTTER
HOST
April 13 - May 13th
Opening Friday, April 13 7- PM
Visitors to Studio 10 will become active, activating viewers of Host, an eleven-foot tall kinetic sculpture by Tom Butter. The centerpiece of the artist's second solo show with the gallery, Host commands space and attention alike as visitors set the piece into motion, then spend a stretch of time watching a grey foam cord slowly unwind from a large spool topping the central steel structure. The cord gathers on the floor in a curious, gradually mounting pile. Meanwhile, the turning 'head' of Host implies a kind of character — or does it? Upon interacting and spending time with Butter's piece, visitors will have questions to ask themselves about Host's mechanics and meanings, as well as about sculpture in general.
Tom Butter (b. 1952) lives and works in New York. He has been making sculpture in New York since 1977, and exhibited sculpture, prints and paintings internationally since 1980. Tom currently teaches at Parsons The New School for Design in New York City. As a staff writer for Whitehot Magazine, Tom Butter has conducted in-depth interviews with artists.
56 BOGART ST
BROOKLYN, NY 11206
718.852.4396
Open Friday-Sunday 1-6 PM or by appointment