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Hannah Levy : surplus tension

Title

Hannah Levy : surplus tension / Hannah Levy ; [curated by Janine Mileaf].

Author

Levy, Hannah

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Description

1 volume : illustrations (chiefly. color); 23 cm

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Genre/Form

Exhibition catalogs.

Note

Catalog of the exhibition "Hannah Levy: Surplus Tension" held at the Arts Club of Chicago, September 30, 2021-January 29, 2022 and "Hannah Levy: MATRIX 280" at Berkely Museum of Art and Pacific Film Archive, August 10, 2022-January 8, 2023.
Hannah Levy's precisely-rendered sculptures exist between the realms of danger and corporeality. Crafted of such evocative materials as steel and cast silicone, her forms at once evoke inanimate decor and sensual beings. In Hannah Levy: Surplus Tension, Levy departs from the specificities of the Arts Club's Miesian aesthetic of shiny terrazzo, travertine cladding, or sumptuous silk and velvet drapery to reflect upon the underside of mid-century modern. She delves into the details of an architectural moment that is commonly held to be characterized by clean lines and white walls to find corsetlike leather ties around tubular metal chairs or mirror surfaces in black marble akin to reflecting pools. Levy further calls into question the gendering of that aesthetic by acknowledging the contributions of Mies's longtime collaborator Lilly Reich, who early on used textile to inventively demarcate space as Mies did in his design for The Arts Club rooms. With hanging, pendulous works, grounded elements, and anthropomorphic details, Levy skirts the edges of risk to embody the gallery rooms from floor to ceiling.

Call Number

N6537.L489

ISBN

9781891925054

OCLC

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries