STILL FROM _BARNRAZER_ (2012). HD VIDEO. 20 MINUTES 35 SECONDS. COURTESY THE ARTIST AND ANAT EBGI GALLERY, LOS ANGELES.
STILL FROM _BARNRAZER_ (2012). HD VIDEO. 20 MINUTES 35 SECONDS. COURTESY THE ARTIST AND ANAT EBGI GALLERY, LOS ANGELES.
STILL FROM _BARNRAZER_ (2012). HD VIDEO. 20 MINUTES 35 SECONDS. COURTESY THE ARTIST AND ANAT EBGI GALLERY, LOS ANGELES.
CHRIS COY. “DEFORMER-1979-07” (2015). ROSCO DIGICOMP BLUE 5705 ON CANVAS. 36 X 36 INCHES. COURTESY THE ARTIST AND ANAT EBGI GALLERY, LOS ANGELES.
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Chris Coy
Part of our artist portfolio from the Oh La La Land issue
L.A.-based artist and filmmaker Chris Coy's work inhabits an uncanny valley of gestures created through the encoding of libidinal desire via digital interventions. With a practice rooted in his Mormon cultural heritage, Coy occupies a psychological terrain within his deformed gridded paintings, photographic assemblages, and video works of adolescent shame, sexuality, fear, and desire. “Filmmaking is make-believe.” Coy says, “I’m an animator in the magickal sense of the word. I love moving pictures. Actors, sets, objects, and pictures become the raw material for systems of image-making.”
**What spiritual beliefs, if any, do you** **subscribe to?**
I seek truth and harmony with the natural vibrations of the universe. I am a child in dark woods.
**What are the draws of being a working artist in Los Angeles?**
I went to school here and have a lot of close friends whose work and practices I find inspiring. It’s a city that’s accustomed to all sorts of creative requests and has a lot of resources that serve the entertainment industry. You can find most anything—it’s cool. I accept the city for what it is and try not to project my needs onto it—I let it reveal itself to me. For the first two years I lived here I didn’t use GPS while driving for that exact reason, I just had a map I’d consult when I got lost.
**What does beauty mean to you?**
Beauty is the highest purpose.
**Do you always act on your first impulse, or do you plan your pieces meticulously?**
My work tends towards the realization of first instincts—their ambition and scope requires a fair bit of planning and coordination after the fact, but the core idea is always instinctually simple.
Chris Coy's exhibition, A Little Death, runs September 10 – October 22, 2016 at Anat Ebgi, Los Angeles
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