Nov 08, 10:30 am

10:30am - 11:30am

Description

Join us Saturday morning for a virtual Artist Discussion with Chris Combs, part of The Art Clinic Online's artist discussion series.

Chris Combs is an artist based in Washington, D.C and Mount Rainier, Maryland whose sculptural artworks both incorporate and question technologies. His show Supercycle (IA&A at Hillyer, 2023) invoked cycles of hype, e.g. AI and cryptocurrencies. The Next Big Thing (MoCA Arlington Innovation Studio, 2024) recreated Hokusai’s Great Wave off Kanagawa with E-waste that reacted to visitors’ faces and movements. Outsized Effects (Gradient Projects, Thomas, WV, 2023–4) included the room-sized Allegheny Data Company, examining data mining through the visual lens of coal mining. Industry Standards (McLean Project for the Arts, 2023) featured 18 works of reclaimed industrial components, reflecting on surveillance and environmental destruction. Madness Method, a public art collaboration with David Greenfieldboyce, was part of 2021’s Georgetown GLOW. He has shown at VisArts, DC Arts Center, Rhizome DC, and other DC-area institutions.

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