Francis Magnotta

E!-WAM, 2000  Foam rubber 36 x 42"

E!-WAM, 2000 Foam rubber (detail)

ABC-TLC,2000 Foam rubber 36 x 48""

MTV-TNT, 1999  Foam rubber 6 x 12"

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This series of works is based on television schedules from local newspapers. With these pieces I was interested in exploring the idea of watching, not as a passive endeavor, but as an activity that is a movement through time and narrative (mental) space. I tried to imagine the TV guide as a three dimensional configuration and picture how the viewer might move (watch) through this formation creating an individualized trace structure with his or her choices. With these small blocks of time the viewer creates unique spaces to pass through which can be inhabited through memory. I am interested in the idea of individuals building something as they watch, something that gives form and comfort to their daily lives.

Francis Magnotta
104 Bedford Ave., #3R
Brooklyn, NY 11211
ph/fx 718-782-0232
email:frankmagnotta@hotmail.com

Education

M.F.A., University of Illinois, 1997 B.F.A., Hope College, 1992

Selected Exhibitions

2000	Thin Line, I-Space Gallery, Chicago, IL
1999	Spaceship Earth, Art in General, New York, NY Cross Currents,Macintosh Museum of Art, Glasgow, Scotland ReMix,Momentum, Chicago, IL
1998	Flat Files, Pierogi 2000 Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
1997	Coming Attractions,Zola/Lieberman Gallery, Chicago, IL Positions Available,I-Space Gallery, Chicago, IL 1997 Uber Alles,Link Gallery, Champaign, IL 1997

Publications

"Changes Aside, Soho Is Still Very Much Soho" New York Times, February 12, 1999 "Coming Attractions" New Art Examiner, October, 1997