Tim Hawkinson @ Hosfelt

Tim Hawkinson thinks with his body.  Which is to say, he uses it as a measuring device to gauge the psychic dimensions of corporeal existence. The conceits behind his investigations tend to have more in common with science fiction than with contemporary body art, which, over the past generation, has remained stubbornly focused on issues of identity and sexuality. Hawkinson is clearly coming from someplace else.  Where, exactly, is hard to say since each of his creations is uniquely conceived and materially crafted to solve new problems the artist sets for himself.   The only persistent question viewers can count on seeing answered is this: What quandaries and contortions will the artist envision for himself next?