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The sea of flowers he presented in the courtyard of Somerset House
during the 2012 Olympic Games in London made him and his art famous
on the international stage: the Chilean sculptor Fernando
Casasempere (*1958 in Santiago, Chile) placed ten thousand ceramic
daffodils on the otherwise carefully mowed lawns there. Casasempere
molded each one individually out of clay from his homeland, using
the spring blossoms to draw attention to the wonders of nature with
which humans destructively interfere-in this case, with lawn
mowers. Casasempere, who has lived in England since 1997, also
employs clay to make far more experimental sculptures, such as
seemingly liquid marble columns or vaulted and bulging shapes,
through which he repeatedly questions humankind's treatment of the
environment. This richly illustrated catalogue is an impressive
presentation of the development of his body of work over the past
twenty-five years.
A global survey of 100 of today's most important clay and ceramic
artists, chosen by leading art world professionals.Vitamin C
celebrates the revival of clay as a material for contemporary
visual artists, featuring a wide range of global talent as selected
by the world's leading curators, critics, and art professionals.
Clay and ceramics have in recent years been elevated from craft to
high art material, with the resulting artworks being coveted by
collectors and exhibited in museums around the world. Packed with
illustrations, Vitamin C is a vibrant and incredibly timely survey
- the first of its kind.Artists include: Caroline Achaintre, Ai
Weiwei, Aaron Angell, Edmund de Waal, Theaster Gates, Marisa Merz,
Ron Nagle, Gabriel Orozco, Grayson Perry, Sterling Ruby, Thomas
Schutte, Richard Slee, Jesse Wine, and Betty Woodman.Nominators
include: Pablo Leon de la Barra, Iwona Blazwick, Mary Ceruti, Dan
Fox, Jens Hoffmann, Christine Macel, James Meyer, Jed Morse,
Beatrix Ruf, Patrizia Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Nancy Spector,
Sheena Wagstaff, and Jonathan Watkins.
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Bernar Venet (Paperback)
Clare Lilley, Barry Schwabsky, Florence Derieux
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The first true monograph on the work of celebrated French
conceptual artist and sculptor Bernar Venet Bernar Venet is one of
France's most celebrated living artists. Having emerged from the
late 1960s avant-garde scene in New York, Venet developed a
personal aesthetic based on an innovative use of mathematics and
science, where control, chance, and chaos converge to form a fine
equilibrium while investigating their relationship with the
environment. Conversant in many media, Venet is mostly known for
his monumental outdoor sculptures in major cities worldwide and, in
fall 19, his Arc Majeur is due for completion at a site in Belgium
- at almost 200 feet in height (60 metres), Venet's sculpture will
be taller than New York's Statue of Liberty.
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