Kevin Andrew Curran

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2011-11-13T13:34:00.000-08:00

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At the Setagaya Art Museum as part of Tamii Watanabe and Nick Strini Exhibition

2011-06-14T21:26:00.000-07:00

Glitter Cowboy (Wild West Disco Rococo) 2011

Surrealism: Twenty Artists From the Neighborhood Wrestle Their Unconscious. At Factory Fresh, June 4-26,2011.

2011-06-01T06:45:00.000-07:00

Sleeper (Teen Party Animal with Wisdom Teeth), 2010-2011

Sleeper (Teen Party Animal with Wisdom Teeth), 2010-2011, detail

Infinite Bounty, 2011

"New Year, New Work, New Faces" at Storefront Jan. 1 - 23, 2011

2010-12-19T09:40:00.000-08:00

Keg Stand, 2010

Keg Stand, detail, 2010

Mythologized

2010-11-15T08:13:00.001-08:00

Action Figure, 2010

Sleeping Businessman, 2010

For Mythologized, a group show that was part of the Arts in Bushwick Beta Spaces festival, I did a live sculpture performance titled Action Figure over the course of the one day exhibition. I made a life-size pose-able astronaut action figure based on my own body dimensions.

Contextualizing Formability

2009-10-31T07:46:00.000-07:00

Group show at Sugar with Douglas Goldberg and Jimmy Miracle from November 14th, 2009 - January 2nd, 2010. Curated by Gwendolyn Skaggs.

"An exhibition of works by three artists who have manipulated various materials of various densities with varying degrees of difficulty. Like magicians, veiling and unveiling perceptions with the cleverness of the hands.
By bringing these works together I display my lack of concern for fluidity in the curating process, and highlight my interest in the validity of all possibilities, through sculpture. These three artists transform a reality: mundane objects are made sacred through carving and veiling, paper becomes a language into a run on sentence, and home decor is "glorified" through a floatable ships anchor with football player in tow.
All of the works are witty, charming, and endearing to the art making process. It is obvious that each artist and his medium are a perfect match."

-Gwendolyn Skaggs

Anchor Table with Football Player Maquette, Picture Frame and Shotgun. 2009

Football Player Maquette

Picture Frame (Sleepers)

Installation view

Installation view showing map from Gulliver's Travels

Young Artists Showcase at GlobalWorks

2009-10-19T11:35:00.000-07:00

"At GlobalWorks, we strive always to bring something new to our work, something unexpected. That's why we love the emerging artists in this show - you'll find that their work is different, fresh, surprising. Discover new approaches to traditional media... as well as new techniques in sculpture, painting and video animation."

Reception October 22, 2009. 6PM - 9PM.

GlobalWorks

220 Fifth Avenue

11th Floor

NY, NY 10001

globalworks.com/youngartists

Kevin A. Curran Football Player 2009, 61"H 36"W 24"D

Football Player, 2009, 63"H 34"W 28"D

Ｈｏｒｔａ Presents "Decorative Heroes" March 20 - 29, 2009 in Tokyo

2009-01-16T19:34:00.000-08:00

Installation view

Lunar Table with Mirror, Skull and Reclining Figure

Lunar Mirror (The Taking)

Reclining Figure

Lunar Table, detail

Skull

Deer Leg Table with Fighting Businessman and Revolver

Fighting Businessman, detail

Tree Table with Small Pirate Ship

Small Pirate Ship

UFO Wallpaper with Quarterback, Adam and Eve and Revolver with Lightning Bolt Table

Adam and Eve (Exiting Eden)

Revolver with Lightning Bolt Table

Quarterback

Gunsmoke

Attempted Mugger

Self-Portrait with Fighting Cowboys

All Works 2009.

“Horta is sometimes a gallery, and sometimes an antiques and design show room. It is this fact, as well as my experiences working in some of the wealthiest homes and corporate offices in New York City over the last few years that inspired an installation of sculptures and drawings that reference Decorative arts objects.

The Decorative and Visual arts celebrate opulence in materials and labor. In the home, these objects create a sense of purpose for the spaces we inhabit as well as a connection to the past.

Likewise, the mythologies we learn and create lend a sense of purpose to human existence and the things we endure.

The idea of the hero, or of being heroic reminds me of being a child and daydreaming about myself and my life, hoping that I could emulate the characters I saw on TV or in movies. Now that I am an adult the idea seems more complicated, and it is no longer so clear to me what the correct course of action may be.

The heroic characters are most interesting to me in their struggle within what appears to be a life-or-death situation. To me that moment expresses the absurdity and dark comedy of the human condition”

Ｈｏｒｔａ
3-8-8 Minami Meguro-ku
Tokyo, Japan 152-0013
Tel: 080-2051-5868

"Humorless Objects" at ZAIM Yokohama

2008-07-04T21:10:00.000-07:00

Humorless Objects was an exhibition of new art work by myself and Amy Lincoln at ZAIM in Yokohama, Japan from June 26- 28th, 2008. The images below are of my piece for ZAIM, entitled "Constellation."

There are three subjects depicted in this piece: drawings made of people sleeping on the subway in Tokyo, re-productions of eye-witness drawings of U.F.O.s, and illustrations of the constellations Leo, Gemini, Ursa Major, Orion and Taurus.