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Los Angeles-based artist Skip Arnold follows in the tradition of Chris Burden and Paul McCarthy, using his body as a foundation and making work that evokes forms of power and aggression. Arnold's slight build heightens his physical provocation: there is a brutal simplicity to Arnold's projects as he courts physical risk, and evinces a punk sensibility. Like his contemporary Los Angelian, Bob Flanagan, many of Arnold's performances take place outside the boundaries of the art world, finding an audience in night clubs and cable television.
The work of Skip emphasis is on space and how/what his body does or can do, having ranges from being extremely physical to extremely passive, exploring the relationships between his self, the place, and the time to explore fundamental gestures and concepts, with the one and only interest on the image and nothing else.
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