Kasmin presented the first UK solo survey of London-born, New York-based conceptual artist James Nares (she/her, b. London, 1953).
Across Nares’ five-decade career, the artist’s cross-disciplinary practice has investigated, challenged and expanded the boundaries between gesture, motion, and time. Often exploring tools as an extension of the body, her work - encompassing the traditional genres of film, music, painting, photography, and performance - examines the ways we connect to our built environment through movement, memory, and experience. A key figure of the Downtown scene in New York City in the 1970s, Nares continues to innovate and invent how both the body and machines (cameras, pendulums, and industrial equipment, among others) create images.
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James Nares, Giotto Circle #2, 1998, 3.5 min, Hi8 video, audio, C Edition of 3 + 2 APs. Courtesy the artist and Kasmin Gallery
ames Nares, X-Ray, 2016, thermoplastic on aircraft aluminum panel. Courtesy the artist and Kasmin Gallery