Brian DICK
Gorilla
Film expérimental - super 8 - couleur - 0:03:00 - costume: gorille créé par Mark Brossamer - USA - 2000


"The human mind wants to make sense of what it sees, therefore this film needs no narrative. the commando zen poetics of the deft, empty stroke is given meaning by the viewer."

Biographie


Brian Dick received his Bachelor of Arts degree from UCLA in 1991 and his MFA degree from UCSD in 1995. Following his graduation in 1995 Dick was invited to a residency program at Arteleku Center for the Arts in San Sebastian, Spain. In 1997-98 he lived in Paris under the auspices of The American Center residency program. Dick has been in exhibitions in Europe, Japan and the United States, including shows at the San Diego Museum of Art, MCA, San Diego, Galerie Chez Valentin (Paris), Galerie des Archives (Paris), Galerie Alain Gutharc (Paris), the Kyoto Arts Festival (Japan), Rhizome (Denmark), W139 (The Netherlands), FIAC (Paris), The Centre George Pompidou (Paris) and Museé d’art Moderne de la ville de Paris and Gandy Gallery (Prague). Dick has also been in several on-line exhibitions Including la art et l’internet, and la nuit de la mutation, curated by Dominque Laurent. In September, Dick’s work was included in an auction at Porter-Troupe gallery, San Diego, and in January at the University of Texas at Dallas for the exhibition, "DAZE". Upcoming projects for 2001/2 include collaboration with LACMA Lab at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and exhibitions at Sierra Nevada College Gallery; Incline Village, Colorado; South Western Community College; as well as the ongoing collaboration with VeVe and Porter-Troupe Gallery on the Celebrity Bed Project. Dick is represented in San Diego by Porter-Troupe Gallery. Dick is a sculptor working primarily with textiles in a domestic context. He is also interested in super-8 home movie making and the notion of play and art in everyday life.