CHRISTOPHER GIDEON

TAPESTRIES

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ASSIMILATION

2013-01-15 23:29:49

DECIPHER II

2012-12-10 00:54:14

TUMBLR

2012-11-11 00:48:42

EXORCISMS I

2012-10-27 18:00:03

exhibition

2012-10-27 16:48:41

laser_cut

2012-10-27 16:35:17

stainless_steel

2012-10-27 16:35:10

baseball_cards

2012-10-27 16:34:54

print

2012-10-20 23:33:06

sculpture

2012-10-20 23:33:06

painting

2012-10-20 23:33:06

collage

2012-10-20 23:33:06

SUBLIMINAL CROSSES

2012-08-15 16:53:44

CROSS MODULAR

2012-07-24 02:20:30

“Cross Modular” is a series of tessellated compositions resulting from the use of a single cruciform module. The module itself, based upon the ubiquitous Latin cross, has been idealized here in a different way - this time through careful consideration of its geometric proportions. Six perfect squares joined together comprise the overall shape, blurring the boundaries between sacred symbol and empty polygon. The module is then copied, rotated, and reflected, becoming less significant with each reiteration. The compositions minimize the cross, reducing it to a piece of a larger and more dynamic entity.

EXORCISMS II

2012-07-24 02:11:36

CROSSES IN COLOR

2012-07-24 02:00:49

DECIPHER

2012-07-24 02:00:08

Through a process of disassembling and reassembling vintage baseball cards, an attempt is made to decode and expose the predictable graphic elements inherent in the cards, conceived of by their designers years ago.

AMERICA'S PASTIME

2012-07-24 01:51:47

“America's Pastime” confronts the topic of cultural indulgences and why we go to such great lengths in order to preserve and protect them. It is a continuous chain of explorations, each attempting to strip away unjustifiable value, hallowed perfection, and (above all) importance. By distorting and rearranging these symbols, something new emerges - something less perfect, but perhaps more valuable - something that represents a more universal truth.

EURYTHMY OF THE GAME

2012-07-24 01:48:08

Choice elements from dozens of trading cards are meticulously culled and reconfigured. The resulting geometric arrangements speak a certain language which playfully undermines the masculinity of pro sports, more specifically major league baseball.

CONTACT

2012-06-13 21:47:03

PHOTOGRAPHY

2012-06-04 00:38:51

PRINT

2012-06-04 00:28:41

PAINTING

2012-06-04 00:28:37

COLLAGE

2012-06-04 00:28:32

SCULPTURE

2012-06-04 00:24:43

ABOUT

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BIO / STATEMENT / CV

2012-06-03 23:54:59

BIO
Christopher Gideon is an emerging artist and graphic designer with an extensive background in architecture. He currently lives and works outside of Detroit, Michigan.

His work has been featured in recent exhibitions at the Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, OH; Trestle Gallery, Brooklyn, NY; Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Ana, CA.

STATEMENT
COLLAGE...
"In 1987, I began collecting baseball cards at the age of ten. To my younger self, they represented order and materialistic value, and collecting them honed my organizational and conservational skills. Every card was systematized and kept pristine. Some were even placed into protective acrylic cases which isolated them from the harmful effects of the sun, air, and worse yet, human touch.

Today, personal nostalgia aside, the cards are utterly worthless. Therefore, the main objective of my collage work is to reinstate a sense of importance back into that which has lost its significance and value over time.

The irony in the work comes from not only the new objects that are created, but also how they are created: through the destruction and reconstruction of what was once so precious to me."

EVERYTHING ELSE...
"My body of work is an ongoing collection of exorcisms, casting out the fears, icons, and suppressed visions implanted by American Culture; often expressed in imagery that is as much satirical as it is socially relevant.

My message tiptoes between cautionary metaphor and paranoid confession. Observations of America's instability beckon a probing look into man’s blind faith in everything. God… technology… ourselves. I expose these topics through a world of subversion. In my domain, symbols of America are defeated through self-deprecation.

However, for every topic I confront two more seep into my subconscious. I am an unwilling sponge, helplessly absorbing what I see and hear - my dreams, the uncensored proof. I must wring myself out today to make room for tonight’s sleep."

CV
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