michael cook

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venetian

venetian 2

venetian 3

venetian 4

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camino real

cabazon

san pedro

love

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...michael cook@...

...instructions...

animal, vegetable,...

...suite 71645...

...sublimation...

...hour, day, month,year...

intimate video

museum window

ancestors

domestic sculpture

firstman (clip)

landEscape (clip)

dirge (clip)

survey (clip)

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essays/reviews

venetian: robert ware

veneer: kathleen stewart howe

manifest destiny, the art of michael cook: david leeming

mythical landscape laid bare: ellen berkovitch

filtering apocalypse through illusion: kenneth baker

visualizing the end of the world: lynn gumpert

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Intimate Video is a title the artist uses to describe projects that incorporate video into objects and contexts not usually associated with the presentation of the moving image. Museum Window for example, is a project created specifically for the exterior of an Art Museum and is directly related to the Venetian paintings. The project places moving image works within a more informal and relaxed context growing out of his “domestic sculpture” work. Michael Cook has a long interest in the discourse between painting and electronic media. He examines the hierarchy of media; video associated with popular entertainment, electronic news and painting firmly located in the realm of “high art”.