ucham K'awiil (Work in progress)

Clarissa Tossin

ucham K'awiil (Work in progress), 2018Sign in to view price
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Silicone, walnut, faux serpent skin, faux quetzal feather (dyed rooster feather), faux terracotta (dyed plaster)Commonwealth and Council
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Human-crafted. AI-refined.

This contemporary artwork features a minimalist composition with a strong visual contrast. The primary element is a tall, twisting wooden structure with a spiral pattern, creating a sense of movement and tension. Alongside it, a textured, carved wooden panel leans against the wall, featuring intricate abstract designs, suggesting a connection to ancient or cultural motifs. The inclusion of a single red boot on the floor adds an unexpected and thought-provoking element, inviting the viewer to ponder the artist's intended symbolism or commentary on themes of culture, tradition, and the human experience. ...

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Clarissa Tossin
Artist
Clarissa Tossin
B.1973, Brazilian

Through installation, performance, video, sculpture and photography, Clarissa Tossin creates speculative works that explore questions of displacement, post-apocalypse, globalisation and the failures of modernity. Her upbringing in Brazil’s capital has developed Tossin’s concerns about urban utopia and economic inequality, with the exploration of the cultural and economic exchanges between the US and Brazil becoming the recurring theme in her practice. In her Made in L.A. (2014) work, the artist traced the multilayered connections between Brasília and Los Angeles, the former city being built between 1957 and 1960 as an urbanist promise of economic growth. Contextualised by lengthy research and collaborations with historians, archeologists and scientists, Tossin’s complex works incorporate materials such as Amazonian-native latex, recycled plastic, Amazon cardboard boxes and meteorite powder. Tossin’s practice is an ode to the intertwined afterfacts of geopolitics and colonial legacies amidst the reality of the decaying planet and speculative futures. Written by Goldsmiths CCA ...

Clarissa Tossin: Artworks
Rising Temperature Casualty (Persea americana, home garden, Los Angeles)
Clarissa Tossin
Rising Temperature Casualty (Persea americana, home garden, Los Angeles), 2021
320.04 x 122 x 147cm
Future Geography: Jezero Crater, Mars
Clarissa Tossin
Future Geography: Jezero Crater, Mars, 2021
154 x 213 x 4cm
Disorientation Towards Collapse
Clarissa Tossin
Disorientation Towards Collapse, 2020
152 x 216 x 4cm
Death by Heat Wave (Acer pseudoplatanus, Mulhouse Forest)
Clarissa Tossin
Death by Heat Wave (Acer pseudoplatanus, Mulhouse Forest), 2021
Future Geography: Shackleton Crater, Moon
Clarissa Tossin
Future Geography: Shackleton Crater, Moon, 2021
152 x 216 x 4cm
Future Geography: Hyades Star Cluster
Clarissa Tossin
Future Geography: Hyades Star Cluster, 2021
152 x 216 x 4cm
Rising Temperature Casualty (Prunus persica var. nucipersica, home garden, Los Angeles)
Clarissa Tossin
Rising Temperature Casualty (Prunus persica var. nucipersica, home garden, Los Angeles), 2021
112 x 292 x 10cm
Circumnavgiation Towards Exhaustion: Coltan Mines
Clarissa Tossin
Circumnavgiation Towards Exhaustion: Coltan Mines, 2020
119 x 155 x 3cm
Brasília by foot: 1873 steps
Clarissa Tossin
Brasília by foot: 1873 steps, 2012
46 x 36cm
A cycle of time we don’t understand (reversed, invented, and rearranged)
Clarissa Tossin
A cycle of time we don’t understand (reversed, invented, and rearranged), 2017
Yaxchilán Lintel 25 (feathered serpent)
Clarissa Tossin
Yaxchilán Lintel 25 (feathered serpent), 2017
Ha’ K’in Xook, from Piedras Negras to Hill Street
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Ha’ K’in Xook, from Piedras Negras to Hill Street, 2017
234.95 x 86.36 x 46.99cm
A two-headed serpent held in the Arms of Human Beings, or, Ticket Window
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A two-headed serpent held in the Arms of Human Beings, or, Ticket Window, 2017
116.84 x 135.89 x 12.7cm
xojowisaj ja (to make the building dance)
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xojowisaj ja (to make the building dance), 2017
215.9 x 44.45 x 15.24cm
ucham K'awiil (Work in progress)
Clarissa Tossin
ucham K'awiil (Work in progress), 2018
Commonwealth and Council
Gallery
Commonwealth and Council
Los Angeles, Mexico City

Commonwealth and Council is a gallery in Koreatown, Los Angeles founded in 2010. Our program is rooted in our commitment to explore how a community of artists can sustain our co-existence through generosity and hospitality. Commonwealth and Council celebrates our manifold identities and experiences through the shared dialogue of art—championing practices by women, queer, POC, and our ally artists to build counter-histories that reflect our individual and collective realities. ...

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