de boer (Los Angeles) is pleased to present Simulacra, a solo exhibition of new paintings by Brooklyn based painter Ken Mar, his first with the gallery. Mar’s work makes use of nostalgia and pop culture iconography to engage in dialogue of larger queries such as simulation theory and Jean Baudrillard’s theory of ‘Precession of Simulacra’.
Ken Mar is a painter born in 1969, the year the internet was invented. Mar was born in Oakland, CA. He was adopted as an infant and grew up not knowing his origins. Mar lived in San Francisco before moving to Chicago to attend the Art Institute of Chicago, where he received a BFA in 2000. Ken Mar lives and works in Brooklyn, NY his work revolves around the idea that humanity may be living in a computer simulation. Focusing on ideas and theories of simulacra, and lesser known works that have become more and more relevant with the onset of virtual reality, and artificial intelligence.