Alicja Kwade
Subtitle: medium median
By: Alicja Kwade ; introduction by Iwona Blazwick
Contributors: Herrmann, Daniel F., interviewer (expression); Whitechapel Art Gallery
Publisher: Whitechapel Art Gallery
Published: 2017
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 175
ISBN-13: 9780854882540
Copyright date: 2017
Subjects: Artistic Photography; Exhibitions; Installations (Art)
Other titles: Medium median
Description: This essential survey presents Kwade's formative artistic work to a wider audience and gives an in-depth account of her Whitechapel Gallery commission, a 21st century astrolabe consisting of a magisterial installation of revolving electronic star charts suspended in space, accompanied by casts of fossilised bones. The publication includes four newly commissioned texts: the first details the development of the artist's practice, introducing Kwade's unique conceptual approach to material transformation, gravity and the passage of time; following this will be a close reading of the Whitechapel Gallery commission, considering the Kwade's investigation of astronomy, parallel times and spatial dimensions as a metonymical meditation on the role of humanity itself; a further text aims towards expanding the discursive field with a dynamic cultural voice from the context of poetry, science or astronomy adding an additional layer of interpretation to Kwade's work; and an interview with the artist closes the volume.Fully illustrated throughout in colour, this books gives a unique insight into Kwade's diverse output, documenting her working processes and showcasing her final completed installation at the Whitechapel Gallery.00Exhibition: Whitechapel Gallery, London, UK (28.09.2016 ? 25.06.2017).
Notes: Published on the occasion of the exhibition "Alicja Kwade: Medium Median" held at Whitechapel Gallery, London 28 September 2016 - 25 June 2017.
Table of contents: title: Alicja Kwade in conversation with Daniel F. Herrmann