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Elias Sime : tightrope

Title
Elias Sime : tightrope / edited by Tracy L. Adler.
Publication
  • Munich, Germany ; London, England ; New York, New York : DelMonico Books-Prestel ; Clinton, New York : Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art, Hamilton College, 2019.
  • ©2019

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Additional Authors
  • Adler, Tracy L.
  • Elias Sime, 1968-
  • Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art, host institution
  • Akron Art Museum, host institution
  • Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, host institution
  • Royal Ontario Museum, host institution
Description
191 pages : color illustrations; 29 cm
Summary
A first-ever monograph featuring the work of the Ethiopian artist Elias Sime, who brilliantly explores the impact of life in a post-consumerist world. Sime's brightly-colored sculptural tableaus feature found objects including thread, buttons, electrical wires, and computer detritus. This book highlights the artist's work from the last decade, much of which comprises the series entitled "Tightrope." Repurposing salvaged electronic components, such as circuits and keyboards, Sime incorporates the refuse that are the byproducts of technological advancement, and points to the urgency of sustainability. The resulting abstractions reference landscape and the figure as well as traditional Ethiopian textiles. "Tightrope" refers to the precarious balance between the progress technology has made possible and its detrimental impact on the environment.
Alternative Title
Tightrope
Subject
  • Elias Sime, 1968- > Exhibitions
  • Sime, Elias 1968-
  • 2000-2099
  • Artists > Ethiopia > Exhibitions
  • Found objects (Art) > Ethiopia > Exhibitions
  • Assemblage (Art) > Ethiopia > 21st century > Exhibitions
  • Assemblage (Art)
  • Artists
  • Found objects (Art)
  • Ethiopia
Genre/Form
Exhibition catalogs.
Note
  • Catalog of an exhibition held at Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art, Clinton, September 7 - December 8, 2019; Akron Art Museum, Akron, February 29 - May 24, 2020; Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, June 11 - September 13, 2020; Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, October 24, 2020 - February 21, 2021.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Contents
Director's foreword and acknowledgments / Tracy L. Adler -- Introduction / Tracy L. Adler -- Art, life, and emotion : Elias Sime's affective objects / Ugochukwu-Smooth C. Nzewi -- Personal touch : vital materialism in the work of Elias Sime / Karen E. Milbourne -- Tightrope : plates -- Interview with Elias Sime and Meskerem assegued / Tracy L. Adler -- Exhibition history -- Selected bibliography -- Checklist of the exhibition.
Call Number
Sc+ G 21-55
ISBN
  • 9783791358819
  • 3791358812
LCCN
2019954837
OCLC
1122870575
Title
Elias Sime : tightrope / edited by Tracy L. Adler.
Publisher
Munich, Germany ; London, England ; New York, New York : DelMonico Books-Prestel ; Clinton, New York : Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art, Hamilton College, 2019.
Copyright Date
©2019
Type of Content
text
still image
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
Chronological Term
2000-2099
Added Author
Adler, Tracy L., editor.
Elias Sime, 1968- Works. Selections.
Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art, host institution.
Akron Art Museum, host institution.
Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, host institution.
Royal Ontario Museum, host institution.
Research Call Number
Sc+ G 21-55
JQF 22-181
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