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Kasper Kovitz Kovitz is an Austrian artist who has been working in the United States for the last decade. His work uses the visceral aspects of non-traditional materials to look at iconic imagery of borders, violence and identity. Since 1999, he has been assembling these narrative fragments into a super installation of 670 pieces. Recent exhibitions include Sunset:Delayed (collaboration with Andrea Lenardin) at the MAK in Vienna, solos shows in Los Angeles and Munich and inclusion in the First International Roaming Biennial of Tehran. In winter 2010, he will take his project to an ice fishing hut in the Nova Scotia wilderness.

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Page 1: Kasper Kovitz slide show

Kasper Kovitz

Kovitz is an Austrian artist who has been working in the United States for the last decade. His work uses the visceral aspects of non-traditional materials to look at iconic imagery of

borders, violence and identity. Since 1999, he has been assembling these narrative fragments into a super installation of 670 pieces. Recent exhibitions include

Sunset:Delayed (collaboration with Andrea Lenardin) at the MAK in Vienna, solos shows in Los Angeles and Munich and inclusion in the First International Roaming Biennial of

Tehran. In winter 2010, he will take his project to an ice fishing hut in the Nova Scotia wilderness.

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Rate Your Progress [Schoharie County, NY] 2009, 25’ x 10’ x 12’, six walls total, at International Studio & Curatorial Program, NYC

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Rate Your Progress [Big Bend]2008, six walls total

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Sunset Delayed 2007, Collaboration with Andrea Lenardin, Exhibition View; MAK Gallery

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valley girls 2006, blueberry, blackberry, strawberry, fig, apricot jams, jalapeno, mint jelleys & butter on canvas, 96'' x 57'’, 244x145cm

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mad courage 2004, pear juice on paper, 8 1/2''x12'’, 22x30cm

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my mother's house 2008, EPS styrofoam, 69'' x 48'' x 28 1/4'’,175x122x72cm

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foam church II 2007, expanding foam on canvas, 26 1/2'' x 20'' x 3 3/4'’, 67x51x10cm

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amor fati2005, bear scat, 6’’ x 7’’ x 5’’, 15x18x13cm

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no title [Hampton Beach, N.H.]2000, oil, acrylic, dye, on cutout canvas, 48'' x 59 3/4'’, 122x152cm,

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coming over [the full extreme of hospitality] 2007, blackberry, blueberry, apricot, orange jam, mint, jalapeno jelly on canvas, 18'' x 24'’,

46x61cm

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praying for rain 2007, UHU on paper, 11 3/4'' x 8 1/4'’, 29.5x21cm

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never no more [abstract wood] 2003, porcelain, FGR plaster, wood, 57''x73''x24'’, 145x186x61cm