Yaxchilán Lintel 25 (feathered serpent)

Clarissa Tossin

Yaxchilán Lintel 25 (feathered serpent), 2017Price on Request
Details
MaterialGalleryLocation
silicone, walnut, faux serpent skin, synthetic hair, quetzal faux feather (dyed rooster feather)Commonwealth and CouncilLos Angeles
Description
Human-crafted. AI-refined.

This minimalist contemporary artwork features a simple composition with a striking visual contrast. The work utilizes natural materials, including wooden poles and a winding organic element, likely a plant stem or root, that extends across the wooden floor. The overall design evokes a sense of tension and movement, with the curved, snake-like form creating a dynamic interplay between the rigid vertical supports and the fluid, undulating line. The artist's intention seems to be exploring the relationship between organic and inorganic elements, as well as the interplay of structure and spontaneity within a spare, understated style. ...

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Clarissa Tossin
Artist
Clarissa Tossin
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 TossinRising Temperature Casualty (Persea americana, home garden, Los Angeles), 2021Price on Request
Future Geography: Jezero Crater, Mars
Clarissa TossinFuture Geography: Jezero Crater, Mars, 2021Price on Request
Disorientation Towards Collapse
Clarissa TossinDisorientation Towards Collapse, 2020Price on Request
Death by Heat Wave (Acer pseudoplatanus, Mulhouse Forest)
Clarissa TossinDeath by Heat Wave (Acer pseudoplatanus, Mulhouse Forest), 2021Price on Request
Future Geography: Shackleton Crater, Moon
Clarissa TossinFuture Geography: Shackleton Crater, Moon, 2021Price on Request
Future Geography: Hyades Star Cluster
Clarissa TossinFuture Geography: Hyades Star Cluster, 2021Price on Request
Rising Temperature Casualty (Prunus persica var. nucipersica, home garden, Los Angeles)
Clarissa TossinRising Temperature Casualty (Prunus persica var. nucipersica, home garden, Los Angeles), 2021Price on Request
Circumnavgiation Towards Exhaustion: Coltan Mines
Clarissa TossinCircumnavgiation Towards Exhaustion: Coltan Mines, 2020Price on Request
Brasília by foot: 1873 steps
Clarissa TossinBrasília by foot: 1873 steps, 2012Price on Request
A cycle of time we don’t understand (reversed, invented, and rearranged)
Clarissa TossinA cycle of time we don’t understand (reversed, invented, and rearranged), 2017Price on Request
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Clarissa TossinYaxchilán Lintel 25 (feathered serpent), 2017Price on Request
Ha’ K’in Xook, from Piedras Negras to Hill Street
Clarissa TossinHa’ K’in Xook, from Piedras Negras to Hill Street, 2017Price on Request
A two-headed serpent held in the Arms of Human Beings, or, Ticket Window
Clarissa TossinA two-headed serpent held in the Arms of Human Beings, or, Ticket Window, 2017Price on Request
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Clarissa Tossinxojowisaj ja (to make the building dance), 2017Price on Request
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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.