Comparative Guts

Anicka Yi, Le Pain Symbiotique (2014)

1 2 3 4 Anicka Yi, Le Pain Symbiotique (2014) ©2023 Anicka Yi, courtesy of 47 Canal, New York, and the Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei; licensed by VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn. (1, 3) Anicka Yi, Le Pain Symbiotique, PVC dome, projector, single channel video, glycerin soap, resin, dough, pigmented powder, plastic, Mylar, beads, tempera paint, […]

Rose B. Simpson, Vital Organ: Gut (2022)​

Rose B. Simpson, Vital Organ: Gut (2022)​ Clay, twine, grout, glaze Photo credit: Dan Bradica Courtesy of the Artist, Jessica Silverman Gallery, San Francisco, and Jack Shaman Gallery, New York. – Rose B. Simpson works across media: steel, leather, beads, linen, car parts, jute string, volcanic stone. Over the past decade, she has repeatedly turned […]

Wangechi Mutu, Histology of the Different Classes of Uterine Tumors (12 works) (2004–05)

Wangechi Mutu, Histology of the Different Classes of Uterine Tumors (12 works) (2004–05) Mixed media (glitter, ink, found medical illustration paper, fur, packing-tape) and collage Courtesy of the Artist – Wangechi Mutu works expansively across sculpture, film, collage, performance, drawing, and painting. In dialogue with Afrofuturism, feminism, critical anthropology and evolutionary biology, surrealism, and local […]

Isabel Lewis, Scalable Skeletal Escalator (2020)

Isabel Lewis, Scalable Skeletal Escalator (2020) Live art work, initially realized at Kunsthalle Zürich, September 24-November 8, 2020 in collaboration with Dirk Bell / Mo Stern, Lara Dâmaso, The Field (Mirjam Jamuna Zweifel, Pierre Piton, Lucia Gugerli and Declan Whitaker, in cooperation with Tanzhaus Zürich), LABOUR (Colin Hacklander and Farahnaz Hatam), Matthew Lutz-Kinoy, Rafał Pierzyński, […]

Mary Reid Kelley with Patrick Kelley, This is Offal (2015)

Mary Reid Kelley with Patrick Kelley, This is Offal (2015) Live performance streamed via internet, 8 min., Tate Modern, November 19, 2015 Photo credit: Patrick Kelley Courtesy of the Artists A video of the performance is available here – Mary Reid Kelley works at the boundary between performance, painting, and poetry. She crafts vivid, layered […]

Martha Friedman, 29 Untitled (2018)

Martha Friedman, 29 Untitled (2018) Concrete, silicone rubber, and steel Photo credit: John Berens – The work of Martha Friedman registers her ongoing experiments with materials—especially silicone rubber, concrete, and glass—capable of radical phase change under controlled conditions. She puts these material transformations into feedback loops with the capacities of the human body to endure […]