Research Catalog

Title

Evan Penny [videorecording] / produced by Columbus Museum of Art.

Publication

Columbus, Ohio : Columbus Museum of Art, c2008.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Penny, Evan, 1953-
• Houston, Joe, 1962-
• Moos, David.
• Flint Institute of Arts.
• Columbus Museum of Art.

Description

1 videodisc (24 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

"Evan Penny's astounding portraits confront us with new perspectives on the human body. Stretched and compressed to extreme proportions, his figures exist in a space between sculpture and photography. Despite such eccentric distortions, Penny's sculptures maintain a lifelike quality due to the artist's meticulous technique of modeling in clay and casting in silicone. The hyper-real effect is especially uncanny in his "No one in particular" series, which are imaginary portraits of non-existent people. Penny's latest works, envisioned with the aid of computer software, further challenge anatomical and spatial logic. The sensation we experience before his Stretch sculptures underscores our instability in a world transformed by digital technology. As the real and the virtual become increasingly intertwined, Penny's people remind us that our notion of "reality" may now be as variable as our point-of-view"--Container

Series Statement

Currents

Uniform Title

Currents (Columbus, Ohio)

Alternative Title

Currents : Evan Penny

Subject

• Penny, Evan, 1953-
• Penny, Evan, 1953- > Exhibitions
• Sculpture, Canadian > Exhibitions
• Art and photography > Exhibitions
• Computer art > Canada
• Artists > Canada
• Films for the hearing impaired

Genre/Form

• Documentary films.
• Nonfiction films.

Note

• Documentary.
• Originally produced in 2007 as a documentary accompanying the exhibition held at the Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, Ohio, May 11-September 2, 2007; and at the Flint Institute of Arts, Flint, Michigan, September 15-October 28, 2007.
• Part of the "Currents" "ongoing series of exhibitions and DVD productions showcasing vanguard works in a variety of media by emerging and established international artists"--Container.
• Special features: additional interview material, image gallery.

Credits (note)

• Videotaped by: S. Jeffrey Sims, Brett Ruland ; edited by: S. Jeffrey Sims.

System Details (note)

• DVD-R.

Language (note)

• In English with optional English subtitles.

Call Number

*UAD-2848

OCLC

430215235

Title

Evan Penny [videorecording] / produced by Columbus Museum of Art.

Imprint

Columbus, Ohio : Columbus Museum of Art, c2008.

Series

Currents

Currents (Columbus, Ohio)

System Details

DVD-R.

Performer

Interviewees: Evan Penny, Joe Houston, David Moos.

Credits

Videotaped by: S. Jeffrey Sims, Brett Ruland ; edited by: S. Jeffrey Sims.

Language

In English with optional English subtitles.

Added Author

Penny, Evan, 1953-

Houston, Joe, 1962-

Moos, David.

Flint Institute of Arts.

Columbus Museum of Art.

Research Call Number

*UAD-2848