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 | John Kirchner
Faith and Aphasia (1992)
polystyrene, 52" waist suit, blue satin, drafting paper
500 Sampsonia Way, 3rd floor |
| | The visitor first sees a stack of styrofoam chairs and nearby a pile of business suits in a heap on top of leftover styrofoam pieces. |  |
|  | Walking into the first of two large spaces, the visitor is at the rear of a room which is set up like a lecture hall. Folding chairs constructed of styrofoam face an enormous, size 52 suit. The chairs, while completely useless, are visually convincing. Suspended on a hanger mid air, the suit has a hole cut through its chest. The circle that has been cut out hangs on the wall about four feet behind this oversized figure. |
| | In the other gallery are deck chairs, constructed of styrofoam with slings made of architect's drafting paper. Facing is a gigantic blue first-place ribbon. The center is cut out of the ribbon, but this time it has been placed on a back wall of the gallery. A pile of styrofoam cut-off pieces has been swept into a corner. "My art has been . . . a way to eventually attain an illuminative state of freedom. I strive to forget everything I have ever been taught, everything I have ever read, and everything I judge on a sliding scale of relative moral values." |  |
|  | John Kirchner
Born in Michigan, 1955, lives and works in Washington, D.C. |
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