Christopher Koch

About Christopher

la mia lettera a sforza

To draw,
inter alia,
is a way of thinking with marks.
Thinking does not happen only
In the mind and there are thoughts
That cannot exist without feedback
From material reality. Building is like
Drawing with wood or metal or stone
Or dirt or what have you; painting
And drawing are like building with
Color and line. (Which sounds like
Pretense only if it's mistaken for an
… more

View Christopher's Resume

New work: Myth, History, Religion, etc.

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oil on canvas
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joint compound on cement board
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joint compound on cement board
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Peter's footbath.png

joint compound on plywood
Kali dancing atop the supine Shiva.png

joint compound on cement board
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Judith in the tent of Holofernes.png

joint compound on cement board
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Oil, mixed media on canvas
Cinnamasta's Dance.png

joint compound on cement board

More pictures

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joint compound, chalk on cement board
Neha.png

Charcoal on paper
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oil on canvas
bellini in the court of the sultan.png

joint compound, chalk, pencil on cement board
Annunciation.jpg
shy girl.jpg
Ullysses and the sirens.jpg
woman with zither.jpg
study for miraculous catch.jpg

Portraits

Of Self and others

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Woo
autumn

The Graces & Co

These are images I have been developing for a while in various forms for the past couple of years, involving freewheeling takes on familiar iconography.