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MFA Watchlist Artist: Pete Hickok
by rootdivision
2012-05-30

(Pete Hickok, Crabs, 2012, Aquarium, sand, fake plants, fake wood, shells, hermit crabs, and pornography, 48" x 48" x 12"; © Pete Hickok) Pete Hickok (lives in San Francisco) My approach to art revolves around the relationship between our cognitive and unconscious minds. Through the manipulation of objects and imaginative worlds I explore the bizarre ways we attempt to make sense of the senseless and unknown. At the heart of my practice is the use of control to mitigate the fear of the unconsci... [more]