Author name: hsbuild

A. M. HOCH, Mitosis (Second Stage); installation with oil on canvas with grommets, mirror, rolodex with embedded text and photos; 96 x 138 inches, 1990

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Mitosis (Three Stages), 1989 ­– 1990, grew directly out of the Portrait of the Artist as a Young Boat (1988-89) installations using shaped canvases stapled directly to the walls of my studio, incorporating other objects and original text. In the Mitosis series, I used  the process of cellular division as a metaphor to describe in an ironic, coded way “the process of 

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A. M. HOCH; Metamorfosi di una barca: first level of installation (circular basement floor) in castle tower: central room with painted mirrors suspended with wires and pulleys, with three alcoves with painted mirrors; approximately 13.78 ft (height) x 21.5 ft (diameter); 2011

Metamorfosi di Una Barca

ABOUT THIS PROJECT In 2009, having completed the text for Diary of a Young Boat, I began exploring the visual components of this piece, using discarded household objects such as mirrors, ladders, umbrellas, ropes and string in floating, multimedia pieces that incorporated the surrounding space. Ultimately, these suspended sculpture/paintings led to the Metamorfosi di una barca (2011), a

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