Petra Cortright
Friday, 9 September 2011
Work from So Wet @ Preteen.
“SANTA BARBARA´S ONSHORE BREEZE, WARM WINTERS AND COOL SUMMERS, POST-DUCHAMPIAN, POST-FORDIST, POST-CONCEPTUALIST AND POST-INTERNET ARTISTIC PRACTICES, SURREALISM, ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONISM AND WET DREAMS SHAPE ‘NIGHT HEAT’, THIS NEW SERIES OF DIGITAL LANDSCAPES BY PETRA CORTRIGHT.
UNUSUAL TO HER PREVIOUS ONLINE WORKS -MOSTLY WEBCAM VIDEOS- NOW THE ARTIST EXPLORES OFFLINE TERRITORIES TAKING TIME TO DO SOMETHING OUT OF CONTEXT, A LACK CHARACTERISTIC TO HER GENERATION: THINKING ABOUT PERSONAL IDEALS. NIGHT HEAT ALSO CONFIRMS A CONTEMPORARY THINKING BEAT FIRST INTRODUCED BY ARTIST PARKER ITO, “THE HAND IS DEAD”.” – Preteen Gallery.