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Charles Gaines: 1992 – 2023 and Charles Gaines: Numbers and Trees (Arizona Series)
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Tuesday, October 29, 2024 | 6 – 8 pm
Phoenix Art Museum Members are invited to enjoy a cash bar and exclusive access to Charles Gaines: 1992 – 2023 and Charles Gaines: Numbers and Trees (Arizona Series) on Tuesday, October 29.
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[About the Exhibitions]
A preeminent figure in conceptual art, Charles Gaines is an American artist who utilizes rigorous translation mechanisms to convert images and text into numerical structures, musical notations, and other sign systems. Organized by the ICA Miami, Charles Gaines: 1992 – 2023 explores the pivotal shift that occurred in the artist’s practice in 1992, demonstrating the evolution of his approach to transforming images, text, and diverse materials into a distinct visual language. The exhibition will also feature a number of his monumental works including Greenhouse (2003-2023), a massive sculptural enclosure that contains three stainless steel trees that become enveloped with smoke as monitors track historical and real-time temperature patterns resulting from human-caused climate change. The exhibition is presented in conjunction with the debut of the complete series of Gaines’ most recent work in Charles Gaines: Numbers and Trees (Arizona Series). The image of the tree has been central to Gaines’ practice since the 1970s, and since then, he has examined a variety of species, including California walnuts and palms to southern pecans. This new series features eight large-scale triptychs depicting cottonwoods that were photographed along the San Pedro River outside Sierra Vista, AZ. The trees were then plotted with specific colors and a numbered grid, before their images were sequentially overlayed. The exhibition’s large-scale works uncover the precarious nature of the waterways that nourish the resilient cottonwood.