{"product_id":"carol-bove-collage-sculptures-hardcover","title":"Carol Bove: Collage Sculptures - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCatherine Craft\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eCarol Bove\u003c\/b\u003e (Artist), \u003cb\u003eLisa Le Feuvre\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eExploring the recent sculptural innovations of prominent contemporary artist Carol Bove\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eCarol Bove: Collage Sculptures\u003c\/i\u003e presents an extensive look into the contemporary artist's work over the past five years and her ongoing exploration of scale, color, material, and artistic traditions of the twentieth century. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Bove's recent work engages the conceptual concerns of mid-century sculpture, such as spontaneity, industrial materials, and the potential of painted sculpture. However, within this space of familiar sculptural traditions, Bove has discovered new approaches that lead to places previously unknown. Bove's \"collage sculptures\" are created from scrap metal and stainless steel that has been carefully worked into sinuous forms and are frequently painted. Considering the hard rigidity of the steel, the works possess an appearance of almost impossible softness, as if steel could become as pliable as clay. Such works range from small pedestal sculptures to large, imposing compositions. Bove's interest in scale and how a viewer's understanding of an artwork shifts depending on its context are explored through a selection of small works from the collection of the Nasher Sculpture Center. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Published by the Nasher Sculpture Center, the catalogue features beautiful reproductions of Bove's work and an introduction as well as an essay by curator Catherine Craft on the development of the collage sculptures and their relationship to other artists and traditions of modern sculpture. Also included is an essay by Lisa Le Feuvre that explores Bove's complex work by means of a thematic alphabet related to the artist's interests.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCatherine Craft\u003c\/b\u003e is curator at the Nasher Sculpture Center, Dallas and a scholar of Dada, Abstract Expressionism, and Neo-Dada. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eAn Audience of Artists: Dada, Neo-Dada, and the Emergence of Abstract Expressionism\u003c\/i\u003e (2012) and \u003ci\u003eRobert Rauschenberg\u003c\/i\u003e (2013). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eKnown for works that incorporate found and constructed elements with a unique formal, technical, and conceptual inventiveness, \u003cb\u003e Carol Bove\u003c\/b\u003e (b. 1971) stands as one of the foremost contemporary artists working today; her work has consistently challenged and expanded the possibilities of formal abstraction. On view through November 2021, are four works by the artist installed in the facade niches of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Titled \u003ci\u003eCarol Bove: The séances aren't helping\u003c\/i\u003e, it is the second in a new series of site-specific commissions for the museum. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eLisa Le Feuvre\u003c\/b\u003e is a curator, writer, editor, and public speaker. She is inaugural Executive Director of Holt\/Smithson Foundation, an artist-endowed foundation dedicated to the creative legacies of the artists Nancy Holt and Robert Smithson. Between 2010 and 2017 Le Feuvre was Head of Sculpture Studies at the Henry Moore Institute, where she directed the research component of the largest artist-endowed foundation in Europe, leading a program of education, research, collections, publications and exhibitions.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 160\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.79 x 13.31 x 10.31 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 08, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42159522644103,"sku":"9781644230671","price":70.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/a377e7bb69b3ad871d52b3d4772d21f1.webp?v=1733267217","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/carol-bove-collage-sculptures-hardcover","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}