David Zwirner - Tiona Nekkia Mcclodden: Mask / Conceal / Carry - Hardcover

Binding: Hardcover
Description: Tiona Nekkia Mc Clodden considers the presence and absence of the Black figure and aesthetic tropes of representation through work traversing film installation sculpture painting and writing. An artist who may be America's most essential today. Siddhartha Mitter The New York Times Known for her sharp examinations of biomythography and intersubjectivity Mc Clodden uses a research - based approach in her practice as an artist and self - described historian and cultural custodian. MASK / Conceal / Carry dissects the many meanings of these three words. Mc Clodden creates films paintings and sculptures from her own firearms and calibers and referencing cultural and historical objects including Benin Bronzes and BDSM gimp masks. This exhibition pivots around the concept of training to failure. It holds that in order to make progress you need to carry more weight than you can handle; to achieve gains or to succeed a success measured by and set in accordance with someone else's standard you must strenuously lift something that is inherently too great a load to bear. Mc Clodden communicates a core awareness of the body as it corresponds to the fragile boundaries of the psyche. Through custom lighting the artist carefully choreographs a performance between the work the gallery space and the viewer. Adding to Mc Clodden's narrative and psychological concepts this publication includes a curator's note from Ebony L. Haynes a poem by the acclaimed writer and artist Rhea Dillon and a conversation between the poet Simone White and the artist as well as a statement penned by Mc Clodden herself.
Title: Tiona Nekkia Mcclodden: Mask / Conceal / Carry
Brand: David Zwirner
Barcode: 9781644231081
Pages: 112 Pages, 60 Illustrations, Color
Publication Date: 12/19/2023
Series: Clarion
Category: Individual Artists, Art Monographs