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Paul Kos

Born in 1942 in Rock Springs, Wyoming, Paul Kos attended San Francisco Art Institute, receiving his BFA (1965) and MFA (1967). Soon after, he became central to the Bay Area Conceptual Art Movement, working in a materials-based practice, bringing together imagery of landscape with precepts of socialist ideals and the “Everyman.” Since the early 1970’s Kos’s work has challenged conventions of art media and subject matter. For a global audience, he staged new possibilities for artistic treatments of time, space and cultural systems. Kos was influential to many students at SFAI where he taught and was a key figure in the development of its “New Genres” program. 

Kos was shown in San Francisco Performance (1972) at the Newport Harbor Art Museum and the following years received several NEA Fellowship grants. His video works were part of the nascent video program at Leo Castelli’s gallery and subsequently included in international exhibitions such as the 1973 Sao Paolo Biennial. The Berkeley Art Museum organized Everything Matters: Paul Kos, A Retrospective in 2003 (with catalog), a 35-year overview of works in all media. The exhibition tour included the Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati; Grey Art Gallery, New York University; and the Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego. In 2016 the di Rosa Center for Contemporary Art exhibited Equilibrium: A Paul Kos Survey, reflecting on the San Francisco-based artist’s long-standing relationship with the Western landscape, from his native Wyoming to California. Kos has been featured in group exhibitions at the CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, San Francisco; the Guangdong Times Museum, Guangzhou, China; the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles; the Museum of Modern Art, New York; and Neuer Berliner Kunstverein, Berlin, Germany; the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; and the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York; among many others. Anglim Gilbert Gallery has shown six solo presentations of Kos’ work and featured him in the ongoing exhibition series, SOLID CONCEPT, beginning in 1989.

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Paul Kos, Pawn, 1991

2,500 magnetic chess pieces, steel, wood 118 x 88 x 11 1/2 in.

Paint Pawn, 1992 Poured enamel paint on glass and wood 36 x 30 x 30 in.

Knock Knock, 1990 Wood, ink and pencil on paper 27 3/8 x 22 3/8 in. & 8 9/8 x 5 3/4 in.

Distress, 1974 Drawing on chrome coat paper 24 x 35 1/2 in. (unframed)

Possible Path Taken by “Dog” to Enter the Earth’s Atmosphere, 1982 Drawing on coated glass 24 1/4 x 24 1/4 in.

Aerial View of Kinetic Salt/Water Sculpture, 1969 Ink on chrome coat paper 10 x 8 1/2 in., FR 18 x 16 in.

Kinetic Salt Piece, 1969 Ink on chrome coat paper 10 x 8 1/2 in., FR 18 x 16 in.

Aerial Salt Sculpture, 1969 Ink on chrome coat paper 10 x 8 1/2 in., FR 18 x 16 in.

Ice Lens Maker, 1974 Watercolor and ink on paper

Paul Kos - Salt Stripes, 1968

Silver gelatin print (unique) 9 1/2” x 7 1/2, Fr. 13 1/4 x 11 1/4”

A Trophy/ Atrophy, 1971, printed 2013 Silver gelatin print, 1/3, 3 AP FR 13 3/4 x 8 3/4 in.

Paul Kos - Equilibrium, 1987

Anthracite coal, chopsticks, canary feather, twine, spindle 5 1/2” x 19” x 2”

Granite Slabs I, 1977 Ink drawing 9 x 12 in. (unframed)

Granite Slabs II, 1977 Ink drawing 9 x 12 in. (unframed)

Paul Kos - Alkali Flats, 1974

Black and white photograph, unique 14 1/2” x 21 1/2” Framed

Proposal: Red Salt Pillars on Salt Flats Utah, 1969 Ink on chrome coat paper 9 x 12 in., FR 17 x 19 3/8 in.

Progression of 25 Minimals of Cast Red Salt, 1969 Ink on chrome coat paper 10 1/2 x 21 in., FR 13 1/2 x 24 3/8 in

Light Trap, 1971 Silver gelatin print, 1/3 FR 12 3/4 x 10 3/4 in.

Das Geld IV, 1998 Emboss, aquatint, 22k gold leaf, Frontier Press 11 9/16 x 11 3/4 in.

Eiger Nordwand, 1990 Felt, paper, magnifying glass, 35mm transparency, light, 3/3 17 x 17 x 13 in.

Carpet Pawn (Maquette), 1989 Sandstone, felt, figures 3 x 12 x 12 in.

Potato Pawn, 1992 Potato print, ink on paper, A/P 5 1/4 x 5 1/4 in., FR: 11 5/8 x 9 1/4 in.

Ore, 1974 Transfer type, tape, tar on paper 8 1/2 x 11 in., FR 16 1/2 x 18 1/2 in.

Paul Kos - Deposit, 1973

Steel, 24 carat gold leaf 3” x 16” x 16”

Paul Kos - QUID PRO QUO, 1970

printed text on paper 11” x 8 1/2”, framed 14 3/4” x 12”

Paul Kos - Every thing matters, 2002

Colored pencil on paper 12” x 15 7/8”, 20 5/8” x 24” (framed)

Paul Kos - Drawing for River Wall, 2005

Chalk on paper 11 1/4" x 97"

Paul Kos - Kinetic Ice Flow, 1969 / 2013

ed. 1 of 3, wood, steel, copper and ice, 144” x 24” x 36” - Symmetry, Anglim Gilbert Gallery, 2016

Paul Kos - Kinetic Ice Flow, 1969 / 2013

ed. 1 of 3, wood, steel, copper and ice, 144” x 24” x 36” - Symmetry, Anglim Gilbert Gallery, 2016

Paul Kos - Symmetry

Anglim Gilbert Gallery, 2016

Paul Kos - Untitled (After Bierstadt, for David Kos), 2016

Paul Kos - Necklace, 2016

video, wood frame and glass 8 1/2” x 4 1/2” with frame

Paul Kos
Mallet, 2016

woold, glass and resin, 15 3/4” x 15 3/4” x 19 1/2” overall

Paul Kos
Seracs, 2016

photo print, 14 1/4” x 10 3/4”

Paul Kos
Bellagio Glacier II, 2016

photo print, 12” x 9 1/4” framed

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