BIOkinetic features installations by six Chicago artists: Wendy Jacob, Gary Justis, Michael Paha, John Pakosta, John Ploof, and Thomas Skomski. As has always been true of kinetic art, these works are concerned with movement. Unlike earlier, more mechanistic kinetic sculpture, the works in BIOkinetic focus on life processes such as erosion, respiration, growth, and decay. In delightful and thoughtful ways, these artists combine movement and natural and man-made materials to produce a kind of “living sculpture.”
Installation view of BIOkinetic
Installation view of BIOkinetic
Installation view of BIOkinetic
John Pakosta, Intuition 1988-89, mixed media.
Installation view of BIOkinetic
Installation view of BIOkinetic
Installation view of BIOkinetic
Wendy Jacob, Untitled, 1988, mixed media.
Installation view of BIOkinetic
Installation view of BIOkinetic
Installation view of BIOkinetic
Installation view of BIOkinetic
Installation view of BIOkinetic
John Ploof, Reader, 1989, mixed media.
Installation view of BIOkinetic
Installation view of BIOkinetic
Wendy Jacob, Untitled, 1988, mixed media.
Installation view of BIOkinetic
Installation view of BIOkinetic
Installation view of BIOkinetic
Installation view of BIOkinetic
John Pakosta, Intuition 1988-89, mixed media.
Installation view of BIOkinetic
Installation view of BIOkinetic
Installation view of BIOkinetic
Wendy Jacob, Untitled, 1988, mixed media.
Installation view of BIOkinetic
Installation view of BIOkinetic
Installation view of BIOkinetic
Installation view of BIOkinetic
Installation view of BIOkinetic
John Ploof, Reader, 1989, mixed media.
Installation view of BIOkinetic
Installation view of BIOkinetic
Wendy Jacob, Untitled, 1988, mixed media.
Installation view of BIOkinetic
Installation view of BIOkinetic
Installation view of BIOkinetic
Installation view of BIOkinetic
John Pakosta, Intuition 1988-89, mixed media.
Installation view of BIOkinetic
Installation view of BIOkinetic
Installation view of BIOkinetic
Wendy Jacob, Untitled, 1988, mixed media.
Installation view of BIOkinetic
Installation view of BIOkinetic
Installation view of BIOkinetic
Installation view of BIOkinetic
Installation view of BIOkinetic
John Ploof, Reader, 1989, mixed media.
Installation view of BIOkinetic
Installation view of BIOkinetic
Wendy Jacob, Untitled, 1988, mixed media.
Installation view of BIOkinetic