Sheila Pepe
Subtitle: hot mess formalism
By: edited by Gilbert Vicario ; with contributions by Julia Bryan-Wilson, Elizabeth Dunbar, and Lia Gangitano
Contributors: Vicario, Gilbert, editor; Bryan-Wilson, Julia, contributor; Dunbar, Elizabeth, contributor, interviewer; Gangitano, Lia, 1968- contributor; Phoenix Art Museum; Everson Museum of Art; Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts; Prestel Verlag
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 127
ISBN-13: 9783791357010
Copyright date: 2017
Subjects: Lesbian artists; Soft sculpture; Exhibitions; Abstract Sculpture; Interviews; Installations (Art)
Other titles: Hot mess formalism
Description: Shoelaces, nautical ropes, bits of string. For two decades Sheila Pepe has been transforming these items into transcendent works that can fit on a lap or fill a room. Her versatility, humor, and feminist perspective are on brilliant display in this book that traces her development over the past twenty years. Essays look at how the artist plays with feminist and craft traditions to counter patriarchal notions, and the site-specific nature of her work. Arranged both chronologically and thematically, this lushly illustrated book focuses on an artist doing important work in the fields of queer theory, craft making, and personal geography. -- Exhibition: Phoenix Art Museum, Arizona, United States (14.10.2017-28.01.2018) / Everson Museum of Art, New York, United States (09.02-13.05.2018).
Notes: Catalog published on the occasion of an exhibition held at Phoenix Art Museum, October 14, 2017 - January 28, 2018; Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, February 16 - May 13, 2018; Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Omaha, June 28 - September 22, 2018.

Includes bibliographical references.

"Sheila Pape: Hot Mess Formalism" : October 14, 2017-January 28, 2018, Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, Arizona, United States.

"Sheila Pape: Hot Mess Formalism" : February 16-May 13, 2018, Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, New York, United States.

"Sheila Pape: Hot Mess Formalism" : June 28-September 22, 2018, Bernis Center for Contemporary Arts, Omaha, Nebraska, United States.
Table of contents: title: Foreword / Amada Cruz; title: Acknowledgements / Gilbert Vicario; title: Hot mess formalism / Gilbert Vicario; title: A tale of two Sheilas / Julia Bryan-Wilson; title: The materiality of shade / Lia Gangitano; title: Family resemblance: An interview with Sheila Pepe / Elizabeth Dunbar; title: Plates; title: Works in the exhibition; title: List of plates; title: Artist biography; title: Selected bibliography; title: Artist's acknowledgements; title: Notes on the contributors; title: Lenders to the exhibition; title: Photography credits.