Devil May Care (Phaan Howng, Joe Crawford Pile, Kyle Kogut)
at Current Space, 421 N Howard, Baltimore, MD, 21201
March 5-27, 2016
Opening Reception: Saturday, March 5, 2016, 7-10pm

Current Space is pleased to present Devil May Care, works in drawing, painting and sculpture by Phaan Howng, Joe Crawford Pile and Kyle Kogut, curated by Selina Doroshenko.

Devil May Care features artwork created in the embers of toil and destruction. The futility of human life, the synthetic spectacle of social constructs and the insidiousness of entropic environments pervade the works of these artists. They remove the devil from the details and put him in the spotlight. Their works are a reminder that life is short, artificial and uneasy. As Nietzsche wrote, “Art alone can redirect those repulsive thoughts about the terrible or absurd nature of existence into representations with which man can live; these representations are the sublime…whereby disgust at absurdity is discharged by artistic means.”[1] Humanity’s foolish waste and needless extensions have us on a conveyor belt headed straight to hell, while nature seethes and hisses, looming at every corner. The struggle for dominance and meaning in life’s relentless cycle is at the heart and gut of the exhibition.

Visitor Information
Admission is free.
Visiting Hours: Saturday and Sunday, 12PM–4PM and by appointment.
Address: 412 N Howard, Baltimore, MD, 21201
Websites: cargocollective.com/devilmaycare | http://www.currentspace.com/

Press Information & Inquiries
Selina Doroshenko, curator.
email: [email protected]
T: 443.600.8096

Artist Bios
Phaan Howng (Coral Springs, FL) employs painting and sculpture to display the threshold of urban life, sublimated by the power of nature. Her work has been featured internationally, at Casino Artspace (Hamilton, ON, Canada), Arlington Art Center (Arlington, VA, USA), and at the Contemporary Art Museum at Kagro (Baltimore, MD, USA). Howng was an artist-in-residence at the Tyler School of Art in 2012, as well as the Vermont Studio Center in 2005. The artist lives and works with her dog Maple, in Baltimore, MD.

Joe Crawford Pile (Mook, KY) works in drawing, collage and painting, highlighting the surface tension and collision between vehicles and environments. His work has been exhibited at Hillyer Art Space (Washington, D.C.) and at the Leidy & Riggs Gallery (Baltimore, MD). His work has been reviewed in the Washington Post. Pile lives and works in an artist co-op in Baltimore, MD.

Kyle Kogut (Philadelphia, PA) uses drawing, painting and textile to reflect on existential and nihilist philosophies and the indifference of nature. His work has been included in group shows nationally and has had solo exhibitions at Great White Wall (Baltimore, MD) as well as OnSite Gallery (Philadelphia, PA). Kogut's work has been published in international publications, such as Juxtapoz Magazine and Studio Visit Magazine. He is currently pursuing his MFA at MICA in the Mount Royal School of Art interdisciplinary program and will graduate in 2016. Kogut lives and works in Baltimore, MD.

Curator Bio
Selina Doroshenko (Montreal, QC) creates work in painting, printmaking, video, performance among more media. Her current work pursues wayfinding in architecture and signage and its affect on human behavior. Doroshenko has had solo and two-person exhibitions at Great White Wall (Baltimore, MD), Galerie Lock (Montreal, QC, Canada) and at The Philosopher’s Knoll (Banff, AB, Canada). In 2012, Doroshenko completed a residency with a collaborator in Experimental Comedy at the Banff Centre. Selina Doroshenko is currently pursuing her MFA at MICA in the Mount Royal School of Art interdisciplinary program. Doroshenko lives and works in Baltimore, MD.

[1] Nietzsche, Friedrich. The Birth of Tragedy. Ed. Raymond Geuss, Ronald Speirs, Cambridge UP, 1999.