Kahlil Robert Irving
Born: 1992, San Diego, California; lives and works in New York City, New York@kahlilrobertirving kahlilirving.com
Photo by Attilio D’Agostino
“The work investigates everything from formalism to conceptualism coinciding within sculpture and installation.
“There is a correlation shaped between historical examples of labor and creativity that have formed the basis of my work ethic. Using micro and macro aspects of the street to construct unique directions to give the viewer a new experience when dealing with history and diversity. I believe in the linked dualities of materials and emotions simultaneously existing as static, dynamic, heavy, light, political, anarchic, old and new. The intention in my practice is to break the cultural rules that have been developed by colonialism. My aim is to navigate and challenge those constructs through materials, their form and performance.
This collapsing of time and place is really an important layer in the dimensionality of how the experience of what I am doing takes up space. These are some of the issues that drive my work. With these layers I am working to bring the past to the fore through complex layers of form and fiction.”
