Format:
143 Seiten.
ISBN:
978-0-300-25086-2
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0-300-25086-X
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978-1-93599844-0
Content:
A contemporary artist explores relationships among humans and animals, real and mythical. German artist Lin May Saeed (b. 1973) grapples with the complex entanglements of humans and animals. Her work centers on the nonhuman animal and revisits, revises, or outright invents stories of animal subjugation, liberation, and harmonious cohabitation with humans, combining historical, mythical, and theological narratives with materials such as paper, steel, and Styrofoam. This last material-easy to acquire and work, yet environmentally destructive-receives particularly sustained attention. Empathy, humor, and lightness of touch combine with a radical reimagining of everyday life and a sense of how animality is intertwined with otherness. The catalogue surveys Saeed's work and thinking, positioning them within a broader discourse on animals and animality in art and culture. Its title suggests the appearance of animals in humans' modern moral consciousness, simultaneous with their departure in the current era of mass extinction; and its design places special emphasis on typography and lush close-up photography
Note:
Impressum: Published by the Clark Art Institute on the occasion of the exhibition "Lin May Saeed: Arrival of the Animals", Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts, July 21-October 25, 2020
Language:
English
Keywords:
1973-2023 Saeed, Lin May
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Malerei
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Zeichnung
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Tiere
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Tierplastik
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Ausstellungskatalog
Author information:
Mütherich, Birgit 1959-2011
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