Nov 13, 1998–Jan 3, 1999

Tacita Dean

Tacita Dean, 1998, Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania.
About

“I thought about alchemy, the turning of substances with invisible meaning into something physical and tangible, rather like the faith the built this cathedral, with the cipher to its construction encoded in its sculptures. So it is with alchemy, concealing itself deep within the process.”
-Tacita Dean, 1995

In the work of Tacita Dean, there is a depth and breadth rare in art today. Her work does not service the media byte. We have to consider her as a writer, a radio producer, an object maker, a filmmaker, a drawer, an installation artist, an alchemist, a navigator. Her subjects range from beards, breasts, saints to boats and lighthouses. Her investigations are a series of corollaries between truth and fiction, video and film, subject and media, drawing and idea, science and art. Her obsession is an ambitious attempt to reveal the connective essence between these seemingly polarized opposites.

Books & Editions
Tacita Dean book cover
ISBN
00884540898
Pages
48
Publisher
Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania
Year
1997
$15.00
ISBN 00884540898
Publication Date
1997
Authors
Sean Rainbird, Jeremy Millar
Authors
Sean Rainbird, Jeremy Millar
Publisher
Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania
Price
$15.00