Beschreibung
Choir of Poems is the latest proof of Jim Dines irrepressible commitment to making art beyond artistic labels. Presenting paintings, drawings, sculpturesas well as compelling hybrid formsthis book shows Dines passion for eclectic materiality while exploring his inner landscapes. As much as he is dedicated to the nowthe moment of creation, of processDines work today is often a dialogue with the past. Take for example the three works central to Choir of Poems, each a conversation with a different, dear person from Dines past, loved ones now gone. Chairs stand before these expansive paintings as integrated sculptural elements, while metal pipes spring from the paints relief-like surface (itself rejecting mere two-dimensionality)creating a new imposing form of painting-sculpture. Confessional texts in Dines unmistakable sprawling hand give insight into these works as well as other inventive series like 49 Views on the North Crescent, based on accident. Here Dine spontaneously drew plants and tools onto aluminum printing plates he had already prepared for lithographs; while a monumental bronze sculpture of a hammer deepens his ongoing fascination with tools: their forms, their materials, and the imagination they unlock within the artist. Seen together, Dines choir is a vast self-portrait composed of individual voices, each an expression of his endlessly curious mind, hands and heart.
Herstellerkennzeichnung:
Steidl Verlag
Düstere Str. 4
37073 Göttingen
DE
E-Mail: mwegener@steidl.de
