Earthquake Performance

Katie Grinnan

Earthquake Performance, 201877.47 x 152.4 x 68.58cmSign in to view price
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aggregate of friendly plastic and earth from death valleyCommonwealth and Council
Description
Human-crafted. AI-refined.

This striking sculptural piece appears to be a fragmented human figure, its limbs and torso composed of intricately layered beige and pale pink segments. The overall composition evokes a sense of decay and disintegration, with the figure seemingly collapsing in on itself. The artist has employed a distinctive technique, blending smooth and rough textures to create a visceral, unsettling effect. The artwork likely explores themes of the human condition, mortality, and the fragility of the physical form, reflecting the contemporary artist's unique perspective on the human experience. ...

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Katie Grinnan
Artist
Katie Grinnan
B.1970, American

Katie Grinnan’s work is focused on the body and its functions. She is fascinated by kinaesthesis, cognition and vision, specifically the ways in which these intricate and finely calibrated knowledge systems provide inherently subjective and unique perceptions of reality, emotion and self. Grinnan is interested in the occupation of different states of consciousness, for example meditation and dreaming, and how they different themselves from the state of wakefulness and full cognition. The artist’s sculptures are manifestations of the mind and its boundaries, rendered in materials like plastic, enamel and sand, often casts of her own body. In ‘Mirage’ (2011), Grinnan cast her body incrementally during her daily yoga routine, with a symphony of limbs made from sand extending outwards, delineating the passing of time and the body’s perpetual journey towards disintegration. Written by Goldsmiths CCA ...

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Astrology Roulette
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Double, 2018
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Earthquake Performance, 2018
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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. ...

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