Kaari Upson: 2000 Words

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 Words series 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.

Author: Kaari Upson
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Deste Foundation for Contemporary Art
Published: 04/24/2018
Series: 2000 Words
Pages: 152
Weight: 1.1lbs
Size: 9.70h x 7.30w x 0.60d
ISBN: 9782839920896