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Creating
sculptures that represent our era and culture, Harvey Scott
Kaner recycles everyday objects in unusual ways. Exploiting
and critiquing the overabundance that characterizes our modern
civilization, Kaner utilizes superfluous items in ways that
escape, and even parody, their intended purposes.
Kaner's current solo show, "Re-Nude," is now on
exhibit at the Annie Su Gallery in Los Angeles, until June
12, 2003.
In "Re-Nude" Kaner presents a striking and eclectic
collection of recent figurative works that focus primarily
on the use and renewal of found objects. Each sculpture embodies
a factor or factors in the artist's life, interests or attitudes.
Displaying an expressive sense of movement, Kaner's works
address issues of sexuality and sadness, passion and contemplation.
Kaner breathes new life into what many would consider useless
or worthless trash. In this he follows in the footsteps of
the great West Coast assemblagists, but approaches the found
object in his own way, and to his own ends. Kaner works magic
on the mundane by giving new, artistic value to an object,
or part of an object, by assigning it a different function.
The humor, whimsy, and carnality of his sculptures amuse and
stimulate, and also offer a little levity in our all-too-serious
world.
Born in Detroit in 1965, Harvey Scott Kaner is an emerging
Los Angeles-based sculptor who has been highlighted in solo
exhibits and group shows throughout southern California. Kaner
earned a Master's degree from the University of Southern California
in 1992, and also studied sculpture on his extensive travels
through Europe and Southeast Asia. His work is the result
of years of experimentation with various media, including
stone, bronze, plaster, clay, and found objects. Inspired
by nature and by the creations of great artists who preceded
him, he readily incorporates his own life into his work.
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