December 18, 2015
2-TIMES · Art
Kadar Brock,
'Cast With Flashback
Cast With Flashback'
—
Title reference:
Refers to a
mechanic in the
card-based fantasy
game "Magic:
The Gathering,"
which Brock plays.
The text 'Cast
with Flashback'
appears when a
player is able to
reuse a spell that
they had already
used previously.
The doubling of
the title relates
to a glitch that
exists only in the
online version of
the game, which
displays the text
twice when such
a spell is cast.
Exhibited:
Brock's latest
works from
three of his
ongoing series
of interrelated
paintings.
The idea:
"Something
that should
have been
relegated to
the past is
made present
and active again."
The material
produced through
the scraping down
of one painting
generates the
paint chips that
produce another,
the sanding
down of which
generates
the dust that
comprises
yet another.
"Nothing goes
to waste, as the
byproducts of
every process
are creatively
redistributed
into new works."
On view at:
Almine Rech Gallery
—
Rue de l'Abbaye 20,
1050 Ixelles, Belgium.
Closes:
December 23, 2015.