Mathias Poledna: Substance
Published on 1. March 2019
Book
Paperback/Softback
132 pages
978-0-941548-67-0 (ISBN)
Description
In 2015 the Renaissance Society presented an exhibition of newly commissioned works by Los Angeles-based artist Mathias Poledna. Coinciding with the museum's centennial, it marked the final show in the institution's first hundred years.
For this project Poledna used the notion of iconoclasm and its various historical contexts as a conceptual backdrop for two new works: a 35-mm film installation, co-produced with and premiering at the Renaissance Society, and a substantial alteration to the gallery space: the demolition, dismantling and removal of the gallery's ceiling structure, a steel truss grid that had horizontally bisected the double-height gallery since 1967. This catalog-featuring a cover designed by artist Peter Downsbrough-documents the exhibition and its installation, and in doing so celebrates a century of the Renaissance Society.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Illinois
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 310 mm
Width: 237 mm
Thickness: 14 mm
Weight
918 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-941548-67-0 (9780941548670)
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Persons
Solveig Øvstebø is executive director and chief curator of the Renaissance Society at the University of Chicago. Mathias Poledna is an artist who lives and works in Los Angeles.