Arlene Shechet: Skirts

Arlene Shechet's latest sculptures are colorful, engrossing assemblages in wood, clay, and bronze. They are the products of an intuitive and technically fastidious approach, involving casting, painting, firing, carving, stacking, undoing, and redoing with no predetermined endpoint. This exhibition catalog illustrates each work in detail and includes installation images. Shechet reclaims misogynist slang by suggesting that objects themselves are active and subversive.

Format: Hardback
Length: 250 pages
Publication date: 25 May 2021
Publisher: TeamLab

This comprehensive collection showcases over a dozen of New York-based artist Arlene Shechet's most recent sculptures, comprising vibrant and captivating assemblages crafted from wood, clay, and bronze. The exhibition includes both large-scale works and a monumental outdoor piece, showcasing Shechet's exceptional talent and artistic vision. Despite the apparent ease and imperfections in her creations, it is important to note that they result from an intuitive and meticulously technical approach. Shechet employs a range of techniques, including casting, painting, firing, carving, stacking, undoing, and redoing, without any predetermined endpoint. Through her work, she challenges the notion of women being reduced to passive objects, instead suggesting that objects themselves can be active and subversive. This exhibition catalog provides detailed illustrations of each work in the show, accompanied by installation images that guide the viewer through the exhibition. Additionally, the volume includes a new essay by scholar Rachel Silveri, further enhancing our understanding of Shechet's artistic practice.

Weight: 1160g
Dimension: 197 x 319 x 28 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781948701280