{"product_id":"kaari-upson-2000-words-9782839920896","title":"Kaari Upson: 2000 Words","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFor Los Angeles-based sculptor, painter, filmmaker and installation artist Kaari Upson (born 1972), possessions are the gateway into the human psyche.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContained within them are all the hopes, dreams, fears and desires of their owners. Like a shaman, Upson creates her own gateways, using unorthodox techniques to imbue everyday objects such as mattresses and bags with an arcane magic. The result is auratic works that act as powerful symbols of absence, failed aspirations and loneliness.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart of the \u003ci\u003e2000 Words\u003c\/i\u003e series conceived by Massimiliano Gioni and published by DESTE Foundation for Contemporary Art, this monograph contains an essay by Ali Subotnick that examines Upson's pseudoscientific approach to her art that allows her to create confounding work that is simultaneously familiar and foreign.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Deste Foundation for Contemporary Art\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/24\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9782839920896\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 152\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.70h x 7.30w x 0.60d","brand":"Kaari Upson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52403503366325,"sku":"9782839920896","price":18.7,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_2043768c-bd78-454d-ada3-f9a77d8aaf03.jpg?v=1774969455","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/kaari-upson-2000-words-9782839920896","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}