DAVID KAGAN
BIOGRAPHY
David Kagan has been a recipient of an Art Matters Award providing funds for travel to Africa to complete collaborative work with student musicians at the University of Ghana. He has participated in residencies including the Artist Alliance Inc. rotating studio program at the CSV Center in Manhattan and Seoul Art Space Geumcheon in Korea, as part of an urban research project culminating in an exhibition. Kagan received his BFA in film from NYU, and an MFA from Hunter College in combined media. His work has featured in shows in NYC, Chicago, London, Madrid, Cannes, etc.
STATEMENT
David Kagan is a multimedia artist whose work explores identity, biography, and popular culture iconography. Through film, sculpture, painting, and performance he seeks to make connections between personal and collective stories and to explore the narrative possibilities of specific environments.
ROOM 405
Title: Regarded As A Hole OR Elegy To A Gay Porn (Film Still)
2018, Single channel video, 5:20 min.
A filmic collaboration with composer Gerald Busby (Robert Altman’s Three Women, Paul Taylor’s Runes), Regarded As A Hole centers around a poetic Wikipedia mash-up of metaphysics, sexuality, and memory. The visuals explore the interior spaces of Busby’s home, the iconic Chelsea Hotel. Kagan and Busby act as shades haunting its corridors.
Title: My Body Belongs To The Patriarchy, 2019, Acrylic, 48” x 36”
Title: Donald Trump (In Progress), 2019, Ceramic, 9” x 4” x 5”