Alex Da Corte

Cool Hunting's Seth Brau Interviews Alex Da Corte

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"Run Run Run," 2008, Enamel, pigment print on plexiglass, hole punch sequins and epoxy resin, (60 1/8 x 60 1/8 inches), through Fleisher/Ollman Gallery.

Take advantage of the shitty weather tonight and head out to Stonefox Artspace in Soho to check out the opening night of Alex Da Corte’s I Attach Myself To You. The exhibit will feature color portrait photographs and related sculptures that explore the nature of intimacy in a digital world where online dating, chat rooms, MySpace.com, blogs, etc. increasingly supplant real human interaction.

The photographs on view document the artist’s ongoing project, ”Activities,” (ie. Activity #9 - stuffing strawberries in your mouth) a series in which Da Corte invites strangers he meets in public parks to perform simple actions utilizing a variety of props in his studio. The props are often childlike in nature and include fake flowers, happy-face balloons, holiday party signs, brightly colored ribbon, costume make-up, glitter, etc. and the “Activities” are equally whimsical as well. The main directive is “to play spontaneously with a chosen object(s), and do something with it you wouldn’t ordinarily do.”

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"Activity #9," 2007, Archival pigment print on museo silver rag, Edition of 3, (35 x 42 inches), through Fleisher/Ollman Gallery.