Daniel Arsham

Description

Designed to be an object within Arsham's covetable world, the book will provide a critical lens on the artist's practice. Pharrell Williams will discuss Arsham in the context of contemporary collaboration between genres, Hans Ulrich Obrist will relate his practice to art historical precedents, particularly in the realm of performance, Daniel Goods will describe his retro-futuristic aesthetics, Stephen Matijcio will delve into the public elements of the artist's practice, and Mahershala Ali will interview the artist to develop a sense of his creative process.

Miami artist Daniel Arsham (born 1980) toys with our notions of what to expect from various materials and media, transcending the strict boundaries between art, architecture and performance. In so doing, he explores what is natural, what is fabricated, what has come about by chance and what is planned. His gouaches, sculptures and conceptual objects often mimic effects of subsidence, erosion or melting. Arsham graduated from Cooper Union, and received the Gelman Trust Fellowship in 2003. His work has been shown at institutions such as MoMA PS1, New York, and The Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami, Florida, among many others, and he has collaborated with the Merce Cunningham Dance Company.