Tony Cokes

3#, 2001Price on Request

Details

MaterialGalleryLocation

video, colour, stereoHannah Hoffman GalleryLos Angeles

Description

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The artwork presents a simple yet powerful text-based composition against a stark black background. The vibrant orange text stands out, conveying a poignant message about the desire to embrace the "real world" instead of living within a metaphorical "shell." The minimalist approach and bold typographic style suggest a conceptual, thought-provoking nature to the piece, inviting the viewer to reflect on the artist's intention to challenge conventional ways of living and encourage a more authentic, engaged existence. ...

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Artist

Tony Cokes

1956 , American

Fusing social and political commentary with cultural theory, Tony Cokes creates films, or video essays, that incorporate colour theory, music, sound and found texts quoted by various voices. The quotes from Malcolm X to David Bowie are shown against solid colourful backgrounds, accompanied by sound. A former DJ, Cokes is interested in resonances in pop culture and media that echo the past through the present lens. Addressing the representation of Blackness in film, television and advertising, the artist explores the social condition that maintains prejudice against black subjects. Tracing historical continuities through the critique of racism, capitalism and gentrification, Cokes’ fast-paced audiovisual works are visceral statements on lived experience. ...

Tony Cokes: Artworks

Tony Cokes3#, 2001Price on Request

Tony CokesEvil.16 (Torture.Musik), 2009Price on Request

Tony CokesFADE TO BLACK, 1990Price on Request

Tony CokesTestament A: MF FKA K-P X KE RIP, 2019Price on Request

Tony CokesThe Morrissey Problem, 2019Price on Request

Tony CokesThe Queen is Dead: Fragment 2, 2019Price on Request

Tony CokesDFAI Rework.04, 202315000 USD

Gallery

Hannah Hoffman Gallery

Los Angeles

Hannah Hoffman, Los Angeles opened in May 2013. The gallery maintains a program of international contemporary artists alongside historical exhibitions with a particular focus on feminist and conceptual practices.