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Project 244 Upcoming
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Project 244 Upcoming Trenton Doyle HancockDecember 14, 2003 –April 4, 2004 Project 244 Trenton Doyle Hancock’s art reveals an obsession with feelings and associations both personal and universal, fictive and factual. His rich, inventive work tackles sticky subjects and addresses the emotional conflicts surrounding life, death, and the nature of good versus evil through an inspired, idiosyncratic narrative of his own design. Central to the symbolism and mythology of Hancock's tale is a cast of characters including Mound #1, also known as The Legend, Loid, Painter, Torpedo Boy, the Vegans, and Homerbuctus, figures embroiled in an epic struggle of carnal and spiritual forces. Hancock tempers his examination of weighty issues with a ribald sense of humor and an intuitive, inspired working process that embeds surprising elements and images within his densely populated stories. Paintings, drawings, assemblages, and objects composed of acrylic, felt, fake fur, plastic, and “disposable” matter are woven together to create Hancock’s strange autobiographical saga, one that explores his artistic and individual identities. For his Cleveland exhibition, Hancock will create an installation that includes a site-specific wall drawing, wallpaper designed by him, watercolors, drawings, etchings, and a new painting that chronicles his ongoing, semi-autobiographical battle with elemental and cultural forces. Raised in Paris, Texas, Hancock currently resides in Houston. He is the recipient of grants from the Joan Mitchell Foundation in New York and the Camille Hanks Cosby Fellowship for African American Artists from the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture. Hancock is also the youngest artist ever included in a Whitney Biennial. Page 4 of 4 | On the next page: Park (2002) and Pulverous (2003) |