ABOUT THE ARTIST: Artsit Kaari Upson, born 1972 in San Bernardino and is based in Los Angeles is best known for the 'Larry Project' which she began as an undergrad at Cal Arts in 2004, where she turned a collection of one man's personal items into works of art like sculpture, video, photo and performance.
ABOUT THE BOOK: Exhibition catalog to her show at the New Museum with work based on tract housing in Las Vegas, domestic furniture and the ever-present figure of the mother.
ABOUT THE AUTHORS: Paul McCarthy and Jim Shaw are Los Angeles based artists and pedagogues. Margot Norton is a curator at the New Museum.
NEW MUSEUM
Kaari Upson: Good Thing You Are Not Alone
Edited with text by Margot Norton. Text by Jim Shaw. Interview by Paul McCarthy.
Encompassing drawing, painting, sculpture and video, Kaari Upson’s (born 1972) works track open-ended, circuitous narratives that weave elements of fantasy, physical and psychological trauma, and the often-fraught pursuit of an American ideal.
For The Larry Project (2005–ongoing), she unearthed a well of projected histories, images and artifacts inspired by forgotten fragments from the abandoned personal archive of a man whom she had never met. Upson has continued this forensic approach in subsequent projects. This catalog accompanying her New Museum exhibition features an interview with the artist by Paul McCarthy, a new essay by curator Margot Norton and a text by artist Jim Shaw. It also debuts her newest series, centering around a family living in a Las Vegas tract house.
FORMAT: Pbk, 7.25 x 9.5 in. / 152 pgs / 51 color / 11 b&w. LIST PRICE: U.S. $24.00 LIST PRICE: CANADA $33 GBP £21.00 ISBN: 9780915557134 PUBLISHER: New Museum AVAILABLE: 6/27/2017 DISTRIBUTION: D.A.P. RETAILER DISC: TRADE PUBLISHING STATUS: Out of stock indefinitely AVAILABILITY: Not available TERRITORY: WORLD
Published by New Museum. Edited with text by Margot Norton. Text by Jim Shaw. Interview by Paul McCarthy.
Encompassing drawing, painting, sculpture and video, Kaari Upson’s (born 1972) works track open-ended, circuitous narratives that weave elements of fantasy, physical and psychological trauma, and the often-fraught pursuit of an American ideal.
For The Larry Project (2005–ongoing), she unearthed a well of projected histories, images and artifacts inspired by forgotten fragments from the abandoned personal archive of a man whom she had never met. Upson has continued this forensic approach in subsequent projects. This catalog accompanying her New Museum exhibition features an interview with the artist by Paul McCarthy, a new essay by curator Margot Norton and a text by artist Jim Shaw. It also debuts her newest series, centering around a family living in a Las Vegas tract house.
