AMP gallery presents two solo shows by Los Angeles based Christopher Garrett and New York based Frank Haines. Employing the figure of the romantic outsider (who often takes on the surrogate form of a skeleton) Christopher Garrett creates elusive, open-ended narratives that seem to gently undermine the morbid symbolism and individualistic fatalism typically associated with such characters.
Same stands for his grave rubbings. One of them was created few days ago at the Athenian cemetary. (photo below)
From spooky performances with vaudevillian flair to wall works and sculptures heaped with alchemical accumulations, Frank Haines (below) spins dark meaning out of a mystical domestic geometry.
Inspired by the lush, occultist films of Kenneth Anger, Haines' performances (often featuring Chris Kachulis, collaborator on Bruce Haack's landmark 1970 electro album Electric Lucifer whose collaborative film with Frank is featured at AMP's basement) border on the ritual.
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