Works Kris Knight

1 works

1.1 lost , found (2012)
1.2 secrets things grow (2013)
1.3 smell magic (2014)

works

18th century styles painting romanticism, symbolism, sturm und drang, , rococo have influenced knight s work. drawn ghostly of french 17th century portraiture(baroque) because of heavy white powder make-up in vogue @ time , knight cited pastels used in work of joseph ducreux , louise Élisabeth vigée le brun influence. knight mute skin tones of palette characters of paintings appear powdered , translucent. obsessed french revolution since kid, having been inspired folklore, myth, secrets, gossip, fashion , historical costumes. works of thomas lawrence, john singer sargent, nicolas poussin, jean-honoré fragonard, , thomas gainsborough has influenced kris knight well.

the majority of knight s characters based on real people, close friends , family, collaged images culled mass media, self-portraits, , imagination. knight s subjects have been young men or androgynous men, admitting has fascination youth decay - of holding on 1 s youth: our society focuses on youth pinnacle of beauty become poisoned obsession of preserving naturally fleeting. knight attributed love of naming cheesy subversive title paintings growing gay in unromantic, small farming towns in rural canada . compared titles of paintings making bad joke cheer [the viewer] because found of paintings have sad atmosphere.

the lost , found (2012)

in paintings mischief, caught , porcelain life, characters in portraits wearing masks. knight stated group of paintings group of disenchanted youths subtly play roles of being hunter , hunted. as characters in these paintings try lost, aware of watching them. knight said characters wearing elements of protection—sweaters, furs, masks—that delicate protect or hide , knight wanted characters guarded vulnerable . examined emotional state of feel lost , how characters return were. series knight s response feeling bit burnt out deadlines.

secrets things grow (2013)

knight said within these portraits elements of garden , exercises in pattern work representing how secrets rooted , grow time. other paintings note bonds formed when secrets revealed hold closest. knight elaborates, within these portraits elements of garden , exercises in pattern work representing how secrets rooted , grow time. other paintings note bonds formed when secrets revealed hold closest.

smell magic (2014)

the exhibition first exhibited @ gucci’s art basel event @ spinello project’s pop-up gallery in wynwood, florida,sponsored italian fashion house gucci. because of exhibit location in miami, knight inspired use brighter colors in body of work, saying of new paintings deliberately tropical in awkward northerner s first day in tropics kind of way. figures of paintings have ouija board pointers eyes, others have blossoms painted on faces.