Author : Massimiliano Gioni
Publisher : 2000 Words
ISBN 13 : 9782839920896
Total Pages : 152 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (28 download)
Book Synopsis Kaari Upson: 2000 Words by : Massimiliano Gioni
Download or read book Kaari Upson: 2000 Words written by Massimiliano Gioni and published by 2000 Words. This book was released on 2018-04-24 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For Los Angeles-based sculptor, painter, filmmaker and installation artist Kaari Upson (born 1972), possessions are the gateway into the human psyche. Contained within them are all the hopes, dreams, fears and desires of their owners. Like a shaman, Upson creates her own gateways, using unorthodox techniques to imbue everyday objects such as mattresses and bags with an arcane magic. The result is auratic works that act as powerful symbols of absence, failed aspirations and loneliness. Part of the 2000 Wordsseries conceived by Massimiliano Gioni and published by DESTE Foundation for Contemporary Art, this monograph contains an essay by Ali Subotnick that examines Upson's pseudoscientific approach to her art that allows her to create confounding work that is simultaneously familiar and foreign.
