Opening Reception: Tonight!

Okay, so I’ve taken a deep breath, and feel better about the exhibition. Here’s a little statement I wrote about the show. Please come tonight…

Spring brings together three elements: 12 closeup photographs of plum blossoms; a 12-image grid made of closeups of testicles; and the sounds of 12 men breathing, gasping, and panting. You are a bee. Or a bird. A sub-title for the piece could have been Three Dozen Encounters for the Birds and Bees.

The visual and aural elements in the show are bound together by an anxiety of fecundity, the narrative of the show located in a world of heightened perception. It’s spring. The plum blossoms open, waiting to be pollinated. Symplegades, the testicle grid, is named after the clashing rocks that Jason and the Argonauts had to navigate in their quest for the Golden Fleece. The speakers, each playing the sound of a man breathing, resemble flowers sprouting from the gallery floor. One breath repeats endlessly, the exhalation of my lover Manny, who died in 1992.

Getting close is something I try to do. My nose is right there in the flowers. My buzzing around has produced these works. I hope you enjoy them.

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Chris Komater “Spring” + Dean Smith “thought forms”
Meridian Gallery
545 Sutter Street, San Francisco
Reception tonight 6-9 pm
Info: 415-398-7229

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