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Dark Walk: September 13, 2008 - October 18, 2008 Proof Gallery is thrilled to present the Boston solo debut of Brooklyn based artist Kevin Hooyman. The exhibition, Dark Walk is inspired by the artist's memories of youthful late night "sensory deprivation" walks in the wilderness with friends. During these walks the "real" world slips into to an imagined world, merging memory and invention. In Dark Walk, emissaries from this altered state beckon with promises of mystical communication. Lusciously elaborate flora and fauna are captured from Hooyman's everyday surroundings but the fantastical creeps into the actual. As audience, our observation morphs into participation. The drawings both enact and document the seductive experience of this fertile world between worlds. Kevin Hooyman is a an artist working in Brooklyn and upstate New York. He has exhibited his work widely both stateside and internationally and is included in the collections of MOMA and The Art Institute of Chicago. He has also published numerous books, most recently The Themes of the Day and The Language Change both published in 2006.
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