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The hippest trip in America : by land, air & sea / Alake Shilling ; texts by Kidogo K. Kennedy [and 3 others].
Fine Arts Library N6537.S3475 A4 2023
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Shilling, Alake, 1993- author, artist.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Shilling, Alake, 1993---Exhibitions.
- Shilling, Alake.
- Animals in art--Exhibitions.
- Animals in art.
- Art, American--21st century--Exhibitions.
- Art, American.
- Art, Modern--21st century.
- Art, Modern.
- Psychedelic art--21st century.
- Psychedelic art.
- Women artists--21st century.
- Women artists.
- Genre:
- Exhibition catalogs.
- Physical Description:
- 127 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm + 1 sheet of stickers (1 page : color illustrations ; 24 x 19 cm)
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Jeffrey Deitch : Pacific, 2023.
- Summary:
- In the paintings and sculptures of Los Angeles-based artist Alake Shilling (born 1993), cutesy characters and plush creatures travel through a saturated world where disco and Lisa Frank aesthetics collide, often in a grassy knoll or ocean swell. Indeed, Shilling derives much inspiration from her childhood obsession with Frank and the design style of after-school crafts--imagery that connotes comfort and innocence. Unlike the works of Frank, however, Shilling's painted characters contain imperfections, a sense of vulnerability and weariness that adults know all too well. In 'The Hippest Trip in America: By Land, Air and Sea', the artist's works are paired with her source material, and texts by artists and writers Laura Owens, Kidogo Kennedy, Perwana Nazif and Grant Levy-Lucero are interspersed throughout. In a delightful nod to Frank, a sticker sheet insert is included on the back cover of the book.
- Contents:
- A river, a petal or a paw / Laura Owens
- My time with Alake Shilling / Grant Levy-Lucero
- Alake's laboratory / Perwana Nazif
- "I came into the world to bring you color" / Kidogo Kennedy
- Sources
- Works
- Biography.
- Notes:
- Published on the occasion of the exhibition at Jeffrey Deitch, New York, September 10-October 30, 2021.
- ISBN:
- 1737599821
- 9781737599821
- OCLC:
- 1367977208
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