Sarah Kabot plays with ordinary objects artists use as tools – lined paper, Pantone digital color charts, photo paper - to take a closer look at construction via destruction. Sometimes a definition is best defined by its opposite.

Kabot uses the notion of negative space to draw attention to portions of everyday life we ignore. Lines from a piece of college ruled paper, when removed, become skeletal-like bones giving structure to white paper space. The whole portions of grid paper almost surgically extracted to leave behind delicate rows.

In her statement, Kabot reinforces this act of deconstruction in writing:
“Making, for me, is an act of unraveling, of revealing structure at a precise level. The installations take visual cues and materials from a location to create a secondary experience of that location. Wall drawings analyze and amplify specific aspects of a chosen space, using the tools of repetition and subtlety to create tension between site and intervention. Repetition, inherent to the process, optically enhances and torques perception. And subtlety encourages the viewer to be attentive to the nuances of the transformation.

“The work proposes an alteration in comprehension, encouraging the viewer to question his or her own perceptions. The meaning, significance, and even location of objects are not fixed. Potentially, everything could be different.”

More at  www.sarahkabot.com

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