Making Strange: Gagawaka + Postmortem

Sundaram, Vivan; Saloni Mathur; Miwon Kwon

ISBN 10: 0984755098 / ISBN 13: 9780984755097

Editore: Fowler Museum at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, 2015

200 pp. Tightly bound. Spine not compromised. Text is free of markings. No ownership markings. Book still in original publisher shrink wrap. No remainder mark. Codice articolo 081303

Riassunto:

This volume juxtaposes for the first time two striking bodies of work by Delhi-based and internationally recognized contemporary artist Vivan Sundaram. Gagawaka, the first project, consists of twenty-seven sculptural garments made from a bizarre assortment of recycled materials including foam cups, surgical masks, tire tubes, tampons, X-ray film, bandages, bras, foil pill wrappers, and drain pipes. These garments evoke a relationship both playful and subversive to fashion, haute couture, the runway, and the brand.

The second project, Postmortem, is a collection of haunting sculptural objects composedof mannequins, tailor’s dummies, wooden props, and models of human organs and bones. Postmortem questions the spectacle of Gagawaka with a wider set ofcommentaries about the human body and social concerns related to aging, illness, and death.

Informazioni sull'autore:

Saloni Mathur is associate professor of art history at the University of California, LosAngeles. Miwon Kwon is professor of art history at University of California, Los Angeles.

Dati bibliografici

Titolo: Making Strange: Gagawaka + Postmortem
Casa editrice: Fowler Museum at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
Data di pubblicazione: 2015
Legatura: Paperback
Condizione: Fine