| Making Strange: Gagawaka + Postmortem by Vivan Sundaram Contributor(s): Mathur, Saloni (Editor), Kwon, Miwon (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0984755098 ISBN-13: 9780984755097 Publisher: University of Washington Press OUR PRICE: $27.00 Product Type: Paperback Published: January 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Art | Asian - General - Art | Conceptual |
| Dewey: 700.954 |
| LCCN: 2015002111 |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 8.5" W x 11" (2.00 lbs) 200 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Asian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This volume juxtaposes for the first time two striking bodies of work by Delhi-based and internationally recognized contemporary artist Vivan Sundaram. Gagawaka, the first project, consists of twenty-seven sculptural garments made from a bizarre assortment of recycled materials including foam cups, surgical masks, tire tubes, tampons, X-ray film, bandages, bras, foil pill wrappers, and drain pipes. These garments evoke a relationship both playful and subversive to fashion, haute couture, the runway, and the brand. The second project, Postmortem, is a collection of haunting sculptural objects composedof mannequins, tailor's dummies, wooden props, and models of human organs and bones. Postmortem questions the spectacle of Gagawaka with a wider set ofcommentaries about the human body and social concerns related to aging, illness, and death. |