Currents Evan Penny

Penny, Evan -- 1953- (Added Author). Columbus Museum of Art (Added Author).

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.

Record details

Physical Description: videorecording
v[sound recording]deorecording (DVD)
videodisc
1 DVD-video (24 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Publisher: Columbus, Ohio : Columbus Museum of Art, c2007.

Content descriptions

General Note:	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.
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Videotaped by S. Jeffrey Sims and Brett Ruland ; edited by S. Jeffrey Sims.
System Details Note:	DVD-R.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note:	Licensed for: home, classroom, library. Restrictions: no ILL.
Language Note:	In English with optional English subtitles.