Research Catalog

Title

Jose Dávila : the feather & the elephant / [editor, Valentina Jager ; authors, Sacha Craddock, Brigitte Kölle, Valentina Jager ; translations, Alexandra Titze-Grabec, Amy Klement, Zara Morris].

Author

Dávila, Jose, 1974-

Publication

• Berlin : Hatje Cantz, [2018]
• ©2018

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Additional Authors

• Jager, Valentina
• Craddock, Sacha
• Kölle, Brigitte
• Titze-Grabec, Alexandra
• Klement, Amy
• Morris, Zara
• Hamburger Kunsthalle, host institution. http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/his

Description

187 pages : illustrations (chiefly color); 29 cm

Summary

The force of gravity slows objects that move up and steadily accelerates those that move down. It is what causes bodies to be drawn to the surface of the Earth and that distant bodies such as planets and stars experience a force that holds them together and in motion. The sculptural work of Mexican artist Jose Dávila (*1974) draws on these forces and shows the solidity and fragility of pieces of stone and glass. Stone blocks that are one on another in a constant balance of weights, characterized by the rigidity and regularity of their structures. Dávila's works create a powerful interplay of fragility and strength, balance and equilibrium. The publication The Elephant and the Feather presents his sculptural works from 2014 to 2017 including the current show at the Kunsthalle Hamburg. Exhibition: Hamburger Kunsthalle, Germany (02.06.2017- 10.06.2018).

Alternative Title

• Feather & the elephant
• Feather and the elephant

Subject

• Dávila, Jose, 1974- > Exhibitions
• Sculpture, Mexican > 21st century > Exhibitions

Note

• Catalog of an exhibition held at the Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg, June 2, 2017-June 10, 2018.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Language (note)

• Text in English and German.

ISBN

• 3775744223
• 9783775744225

OCLC

• on1017606954
• 1017606954
• SCSB-14257603

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries