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Shigeko Kubota : liquid reality

Title
Shigeko Kubota : liquid reality / Erica Papernik-Shimizu ; with an essay by Gloria Sutton.
Author
Kubota, Shigeko, 1937-2015
Publication
  • New York, NY : The Museum of Modern Art, [2021]
  • New York, NY : distributed in United States and Canada by ARTBOOK / DAP
  • ©2021

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Additional Authors
  • Papernik-Shimizu, Erica
  • Sutton, Gloria
  • Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.), host institution.
Description
104 pages : chiefly color illustrations; 28 cm
Summary
"Published in conjunction with an exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art, 'Shigeko Kubota: Liquid Reality' sheds new light on the multilayered practice of Shigeko Kubota (1937-2015), who broke new ground with her intrepid video sculptures combining "the energy of electrons" with raw materials like plywood, sheet metal, mirrors and the natural element of water. At the forefront of a generation of artists drawn to the nascent medium of video for its freedom from precedent, Kubota likened newly available portable video technology to a "new paintbrush." She employed early image-processing tools to create otherworldly portraits and landscapes that explored journeys both personal and artistic. Essays by curator Erica Papernik-Shimizu and scholar Gloria Sutton provide an in-depth look at a selection of Kubota's key video sculptures from the early 1970s to the mid-1980s, which pivoted from her Duchampiana series to a foregrounding of nature as a means of examining her medium, the world, and her place in it. This richly illustrated publication further contextualizes the artist's work through her writings and drawings, as well as archival ephemera. Viewed through the lens of today's digitally interconnected world, Kubota's revelatory sculptures continue to astonish through their economy of means and poetic juxtaposition of the organic and the electronic."--Artbook& website (viewed on Septebmer 23, 2021).
Alternative Title
Liquid reality
Subject
  • Kubota, Shigeko, 1937-2015 > Exhibitions
  • Kubota, Shigeko, 1937-2015
  • Performance art > Japan > Exhibitions
  • Video installations (Art) > Japan > Exhibitions
  • Women artists > Japan
  • Women artists
  • Video installations (Art)
  • Performance art
  • Japan
Genre/Form
Exhibition catalogs.
Note
  • Published to accompany the exhibition held at The Museum of Modern Art.
  • "Catalog of an exhibition held August 21, 2021-January 1, 2022"--Colophon
Call Number
JQF 22-26
ISBN
  • 9781633451285
  • 1633451283
LCCN
2021936675
OCLC
1255874951
Author
Kubota, Shigeko, 1937-2015, artist.
Title
Shigeko Kubota : liquid reality / Erica Papernik-Shimizu ; with an essay by Gloria Sutton.
Publisher
New York, NY : The Museum of Modern Art, [2021]
Distributor
New York, NY : distributed in United States and Canada by ARTBOOK / DAP
Copyright Date
©2021
Type of Content
text
still image
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Added Author
Papernik-Shimizu, Erica, editor.
Sutton, Gloria, writer of supplemental textual content.
Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.), host institution.
Other Standard Identifier
MoMA 2472
Research Call Number
JQF 22-26
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