Kevin Francis Gray
Kevin Francis Gray makes sculptures of adolescents. Artsy ones. The tight black dress worn by the figure in "Goth Girl" and the unlaced shoes "Ghost Boy" are knowing markers of a subculture. But these are not the fashion cues of the slick hipster culture that surrounds contemporary art. Gray's figures are too self-conscious, ungainly even. Something ofthe awkwardness of childhood still hovers around them. These are adolescents who might aspire to be artists, attracted by the glamorous status of professional outsiders, but right now they are only outcasts in the proper sense of the word.
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