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Steven Cottingham




Installation view Unenforced natural laws, 2020, blowtorch on thermal receipt paper, 11 x 9 in. (28 x 22 cm) Installation view They lock dumpsters, 2020, bleach and vinegar on canvas, 96 x 96 in. (244 x 244 cm) Thinkpol thoughtlord, 2020, infrared thermograph on LED curtain, media player, electronics, each 96 x 64 x 5 in. (244 x 162 x 13 cm) Thinkpol thoughtlord, 2020, infrared thermograph on LED curtain, media player, electronics, each 96 x 64 x 5 in. (244 x 162 x 13 cm) Thinkpol thoughtlord, 2020, infrared thermograph on LED curtain, media player, electronics, each 96 x 64 x 5 in. (244 x 162 x 13 cm) Thinkpol thoughtlord, 2020, infrared thermograph on LED curtain, media player, electronics, each 96 x 64 x 5 in. (244 x 162 x 13 cm) Thinkpol thoughtlord (detail), 2020, infrared thermograph on LED curtain, media player, electronics, each 96 x 64 x 5 in. (244 x 162 x 13 cm) Installation view A forest without fire produces its own kindling, 2020, blowtorch on thermal receipt paper, 11 x 9 in. (28 x 22 cm) Nothing infinite but usury, nothing finite but entropy, 2020, bleach and vinegar on cotton, each 96 x 96 in. (244 x 244 cm) Nothing infinite but usury, nothing finite but entropy, 2020, bleach and vinegar on cotton, each 96 x 96 in. (244 x 244 cm) Installation view Ghost car parking lot, 2020, infrared thermograph on LED curtain, media player, electronics, 86 x 96 x 5 in. (218 x 244 x 13 cm) Ghost car parking lot, 2020, infrared thermograph on LED curtain, media player, electronics, 86 x 96 x 5 in. (218 x 244 x 13 cm) Nobody knows the future, 2020, blowtorch on thermal receipt paper, 11 x 9 in. (28 x 22 cm) Nobody knows the future, 2020, blowtorch on thermal receipt paper, 11 x 9 in. (28 x 22 cm) Installation view Entropic indices, 2020, bleach and vinegar on canvas, each 96 x 96 in. (244 x 244 cm) Dedomestikation, 2020, bleach and vinegar on cotton, 96 x 48 x 48 in. (244 x 122 x 122 cm) Positive liberty immolation, 2020, blowtorch on thermal receipt paper, 11 x 9 in. (28 x 22 cm) Paving the cemetery, 2020, blowtorch on thermal receipt paper, 11 x 9 in. (28 x 22 cm) Time as measured by heat loss, 2020, blowtorch on thermal receipt paper, 11 x 9 in. (28 x 22 cm)


Worldwide Cobweb, Wil Aballe Art Projects, online, May 23–July 25, 2020. This exhibition is accompanied by an essay, “What is real about photorealism?” Elliat Albrecht wrote about the exhibition for Public Parking.






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