Dimensions
250 x 290 x 18mm
Part of the Contemporary Artists series.
Born in Vancouver, Canada and based in New York, Jessica Stockholder is one of a generation of artists who have broken down the boundaries between painting, sculpture and architecture to create a new perceptual space. Found objects ranging from oranges to neon tubes, discarded household fabrics and decontextualized building materials are massed and lyrically intertwined with profusions of vivid colour.
Her architectonic installations engulf the viewer; they recall Schwitters' Dadaist collages, spliced with the formal concerns of 1950s abstract painting and redefined through a postmodern sensibility. Her work explores the body in social and cultural space to generate a complex formal and conceptual experience. In 1995 the DIA Center for the Arts in New York presented a major exhibition of her work.
They survey by Schwabsky examines the evolution of Stockholder's work since the 1980s; Tillman and Stockholder take you on a guided tour through pictorial space; and Cooke looks in-depth at a single installations. Stockholder's writings include early interviews and chronicle works in progress.
'Contemporary Artists' is a series of authoritative and highly illustrated studies of important artists of the late 20th century. Each title offers a comprehensive survey of individual artists' works. Different genres of art writing are contributed by an international spectrum of authors who are leading figures in their fields, ranging from art history and criticism to philosophy, cultural theory and fiction. Each study provides incisive analyses and multiple perspectives on contemporary art and its inspiration. These are essential source books for everyone concerned with art today.
