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Article: Arnold J. Kemp at ESP.(San Francisco, CA)(Review of Exhibitions)(Brief Article)
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- Art in America
- Article date:
- June 1, 1998
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In the two rooms that constitute this small space in the Mission District, Arnold J. Kemp presented his recent (all 1998) graphite drawings of traditional African masks and statues on mylar.
Heavily rendered drawings in the first room, with titles such as Untitled (Ceremonial Cup) and Untitled (Mask), were pinned to the wall in four sets of five; each set contained versions of the same image. The differences between the works occur in the undulating lines, transience of shadows and plays of patterning. These deviations invite consideration of the complexity that lies beyond the cliched Africanness; they infuse a fugitive quality into the drawings which makes them ...