Vincent Como

Vincent Como is a Brooklyn-based visual artist. His work is rooted in Minimalism, Conceptual Art, and Color Field Painting with a specific focus toward Black. Como has referenced the influence of Ad Reinhardt and Kasimir Malevich, as well as movements such as the Italian Arte Povera movement from the 1960’s. [ [http://www.myartspace.com/blog/2007/10/art-space-talk-vincent-como.html MyArtSpace Blog Interview with Vincent Como] ]

Como graduated from the Cleveland Institute of Art’s BFA program in 1998 and lived, worked and exhibited widely throughout Chicago and the Midwest from 1998 until relocating to New York in 2006. His 2007 concurrent solo exhibitions “In Praise of Darkness” at Chicago’s [http://www.westernexhibitions.com/current/millshellcomo/como/index.html Western Exhibitions] and “Black: Theories and Ongoing Research” at [http://www.stopgostop.com/VONZWECK/como.htm VONZWECK] , also in Chicago, were documented in a joint [http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/115881 catalog] with an essay by artist and curator John Neff and an interview with Phillip von Zweck proprietor of VONZWECK. He has been selected as one of the artists representing the United States in the 2nd [http://www.viennabiennale.com/ Vienna Biennale] in 2008.

Como’s work employs the use of the black field as a meditation on the constituent associations of the color black (Black Holes, Evil, Darkness) sometimes alongside referential diagrams detailing the focus of the Painting/Drawing/Object. [ [http://easterthreesome.wordpress.com/2007/05/16/review-vincent-como-at-western-exhibitions/ Review of "In Praise of Darkness" at Western Exhibitions] ]

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* [http://vincentcomo.com/home.html Vincent Como's Website]