Catharine Clark Gallery
150 Minna St
415.399.1439
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Kate Gilmore, Double Dutch, Courtesy Catharine Clark Gallery
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Nov 22, 2008 – Jan 3, 2009
Tuesdays–Fridays (10:30am–5:30pm)
Saturdays (11am–5:30pm)
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Like Hannah Wilke and Joan Jonas before her, Kate Gilmore often plays herself in her very personal videos, throwing her body headlong into painful physical tasks. With Open Arms shows a dolled-up Gilmore struggling to fling her arms wide in an extravagant pose as someone off-screen pelts her with tomatoes. In Main Squeeze, another claustrophobic but riveting clip, she forces her way through a narrow wooden tunnel. For the viewer, her tenacity induces a chuckle, which quickly turns to empathy that twinges on self-recognition. After all, who hasn't starred in their own self-scripted psychodrama?
