Zak Kitnick’s sculptures and installations engage with questions about the relationship between art and everyday life. Exploring the conceptual parallels and differences between decor, utility and fine art, he creates objects characterised by geometric shapes, familiar objects and materials, such as plywood, posters and metal shelving, and references to methodologies and systems. The latter is manifested in the recurring references, both visual and conceptual, to the Bagua, a Chinese cosmological grid that represents and organises reality through the study of feng shui. Kitnick is fascinated by the ways human life and understanding relies on structures and systems and the ways those systems can produce omissions, like lack of appreciation of the objects we encounter every day. Drawing the audience’s attention to those, Kitnick’s work is a poignant investigation of value and materiality.

Written by Goldsmiths CCA

Clearing

Brooklyn

Los Angeles

Basel

Liste Art Fair

New York City

Independent

Art New York

Jack Hanley

Brussels

Chicago

Shane Campbell

Ramiken

London

White Cube

David Zwirner

Madrid

Carlier Gebauer

Michael Benevento

Kate Werble Gallery

Rachel Uffner Gallery

Shoshana Wayne Gallery

Nino Mier Gallery

MoMA Ps1

MoMA

Queens Museum

Whitney Museum of American Art

Genève

Musée D'Art Moderne Et Contemporain - Mamco

Zak Kitnick

Bard College

One Year To The Day

One Year

Toothpicks, Acrylic Bathtubs, Helicopters, Beer

Hearing Aids, 3D Puzzles, Rubber Mats, Toilets

Kayaks, Safety Boots, Electronic Signs, Cereals

Trucks, Adhesive Bandages, Computer Circuit Boards, Liquors

Plastic Bags, Solar Panels, Plastic Gasoline Containers, Hockey Sticks

Bicycle Helmets, Aluminum, Car Brakes, Lithium Batteries