About

Aaron Fink
Steaming Cup: A Brief History, 1982-2019
January 24 – February 28, 2019

Alpha Gallery
460C Harrison Avenue
Boston, MA 02118
617.536.4465
www.alphagallery.com

Much of Aaron Fink’s artistic practice revolves around the intensive exploration of a single image – a flower, a historical or literary figure or a food item, for example. For decades, Fink has investigated the image of a coffee cup with steam arising from the presumed hot liquid within. It began with a memory: Fink’s attempt to document a moment in a Parisian café at night when the yellow headlights of passing cars reflected off …