BLACK, Karla; BRADLEY, Fiona (ed.)
Karla Black: Sculptures (2001–2021). Details for a Retrospective

Karla Black prioritises looking over thinking and doing over speaking, and makes sculpture with a strong material presence. She uses a wide range of substances some more traditionally associated with art than others: paper, paint, plaster and chalk; polystyrene, polythene, cellophane and Sellotape; but also make-up, toiletries, medicines and cleaning products – all manner of gels, powders and pastes. She loves them all for their material qualities, colours and textures and keeps them as close as possible to their raw state, so that they appeal directly to a viewer in the present moment.  

This moograph was published following the exhibition, Karla Black: Sculptures 2000–2020 at Fruitmarker – an exhibition that took as its cues Black’s exhortation to audiences to ask what her sculptures do before wondering what they might mean. This major monograph features extensive photography by the artist and new writing by her, Fiona Bradley and Alison Feris. [publisher's note]

Published by Fruitmarket, 2021
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