Chris Komater, Untitled (Orchid), 2007, Four framed chromogenic prints, 61 x 61

SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- Mark Wolfe Contemporary Art will present “Garden,” a new installation of photographs and sound elements from San Francisco artist Chris Komater. Komater has approached the gallery, and his subject--the large hairy male body--from the perspective of a garden designer, one who shapes nature into artifice. Working against an idea of masculinity expressed in grunts and clothed in plaid, the male bodies found in “Garden” are taken apart and rearranged as formal garden elements, contextualized in a landscape filled with flowers, blossoms, and sounds. His garden includes close-up color photographs of plum blossoms, roses, and spider webs, as well as images of hairy bodies arranged to look like flowers, Italian cypresses, bolts of lightning from spring showers, and classical garden sculpture. A sound piece utilizes the sounds of men giggling, very softly, to mimic the effect of a water feature, adding an element of whimsy and romance to the garden. Lire la suite http://www.artdaily.com/section/news/index.asp?int_sec=2&int_new=21987