EXEGESIS EISEGESIS ENCAUSTIC
Katie Herzog
Andrew Choate
with
Ang Wilson
Patrick Shiroishi
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SUNDAY ~ OCTOBER 13
4–7PM
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An event to celebrate the release of the art book extension of Katie Herzog and Andrew Choate's series and exhibition of the same title, featuring words from the artists, artwork from the original series, as well as previously unseen work, and an improvised musical performance by Ang Wilson and Patrick Shiroishi.
Book signing available, along with limited edition archival prints.
- 4:00pm: Open reception
- 5:00pm: Book presentation
- 5:30pm: Ang Wilson (synthesizer) + Patrick Shiroishi (saxophone)
ABOUT THE BOOK:
Exegesis Eisegesis Encaustic
Katie Herzog & Andrew Choate
Exegesis Eisegesis Encaustic is a collaborative series of encaustic diptychs depicting signs in and around Los Angeles. The painter Katie Herzog teamed up with the poet Andrew Choate to paint representations of the original signs, and refracted versions of the signs with all-new text written by Choate.
This book collects all twenty-two of the diptychs as well as installation views of the original exhibition alongside several essays that approach the collaboration from different angles: Kenneth Lapatin (J. Paul Getty Museum) discusses the work in the context of the history of encaustic; Carol Cheh (Another Righteous Transfer!) speaks towards Los Angeles signage and public symbolism in relation to pop culture; Blanca Pujals (BxNU Institute) provides a bi-lingual consideration of the works spatial intersection with the structural world; Mace Ojala (Information Science Triwizard) examines functional illiteracy as cultural critique. (Essays translated in Greek, Pictoral, Spanish, and Finnish, respectively).
Exegesis Eisegesis Encaustic texturally mirrors and refracts Herzog and Choate’s arrangements, collapsing the distinction between art show and artist catalogue; the book becomes an extended component of the series.
These paintings were first exhibited at Klowden Mann in Los Angeles from June to July of 2016.
~ Edition: 100
~ Rebel Hands Press (2019)