Untitled (Sin título), 2005

Untitled (Sin título), 2005
akwong
Fri, 06/11/2021 – 16:14

The 1,443 characters randomly piled on a pedestal here correspond to an episode in the novel Invisible Cities (1972) by Italo Calvino. Soares uses a heap of language to make a sculpture that is as much an evocation of the original text as it is of all the possible reconfigurations allowed by a finite number of characters.

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Valeska Soares, Untitled from the series Detour, 2005, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Purchased with funds provided by Andrew Hauptman, © Valeska Soares, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

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Untitled (Sin título), 2005
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Valeska Soares
Brazil, b. 1957, active United States
Untitled (Sin título), 2005
Platinum-glazed ceramic characters
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, purchased with funds provided by Andrew Hauptman
M.2006.125

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