Artist Project 1 - Michael Salter
Artist Project 2 - Yarisal & Kublitz
Artist Project 3 - Morten Viskum
Artist Project 4 - Ghost of a Dream
Artist Project 5 - Steve Locke
Artist Project 6 - The Royal Art Lodge
VOLTA Artist Project No.5
STEVE LOCKE | Boston, USA
b. 1963 in Cleveland
represented by RHYS / MENDES, Booth C3
Steve Locke states, "I make work that explores relationships between and among men. The exchange of looks, the privilege of looking and the wish to be seen are positions I explore to reveal the ways men respond, desire, and relate to each other."
Untitled, 2009, is a neon sign flashing two messages at 4 second intervals. Using a structure common to houses of worship and places of furtive sexual contact, the work links different modes of attaining rapture, in the afterlife an in the immediate sensual moment. In addition, the layering, fonts, colors and placement interrogate the way religious messages contain a clear exclusionary message. The promise of salvation for the chosen is the threat of annihilation for the ones left behind.
Steve Locke attended Boston University and received his M.F.A. at Mass. College of Art where he currently teaches in the painting department. He also attended Skowhegan School of painting, shortly after he became dean of the program and has continued this position for the last five years.
Steve Locke, Untitled, 2009. Neon sign. 30.5 x 122 cm (approx).
 Steve Locke, Untitled, 2009, neon sign |
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