TERRITORIAL MARKERS, Fill in the Blank Gallery

TERRITORIAL MARKERS
Recent Drawing Machines By Mark Porter

Territorial Markers features recent kinetic sculptures and preliminary drawings by Chicago artist Mark Porter. Inspired by Porter’s exploration of the spirit of invention and created with a fusion of found and custom-made parts, the drawing machines serve as prototypes which emphasize the quality of the hand made object. Over the course of the exhibit, his sculptures will expel a pigmented, soapy sludge that oozes and drips onto the walls of the gallery. Collectively, these sculptures act to convert the gallery into workshop or experimental laboratory. Individually, each work serves as commentary on the concept of ownership and the act of creating an object which automates a process.

Image: Detail of Territorial Marker #1, Aluminum, Steel, Motion Sensor, Glass, Vinyl Tubing, Pigmented Soap Fluid

Dimensions: 5’ w x 4’ h x 2’ d

Location:
Fill in the Blank Gallery
5038 N. Lincoln Ave.
Chicago, IL 60625
Contact:
773.878.1750
Gallery website:
http://www.fillintheblankgallery.com/contact/

Artist website:
www.markportersculpture.com
Hours:
Monday: CLOSED
Tuesday-Friday: 4pm-8pm
Saturday: 12pm-4pm
Sunday: CLOSED
or email us for an appointment

Replication Machines, Territorial Markers and Preliminary Drawings

Spoke presents:

Replication Machines, Territorial Markers and Preliminary Drawings, an exhibition of recent kinetic sculptures and mixed media drawings by Chicago based visual artist Mark Porter.

Exhibition: August 2-13, 2010

Reception: Friday August 6, 7-9pm

Gallery hours by appointment.

Through the fusion of found and custom made objects, Porter creates mechanical prototypes which mimic human and animal behavioras well as natural phenomenon. Emphasizing the quality of hand-made object, Porter's sculptures serve as performative prototypes, which embrace experimentation and the relationship between inventor and invention, as well as invention and user.

markportersculpture.com

All works in the exhibit were created with funding generously provided by The Illinois Arts Council, Foundation for Contemporary Arts, and City of Chicago.

For more information, or to make an appointment please email SpokeChicago@gmail.com or markwilliamporter@yahoo.com