Wyatt Kahn

Wyatt Kahn, Terry R. Myers

ISBN 10: 3037645113 / ISBN 13: 9783037645116

Published by JRP Ringier 2017-07-01, 2017

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Wyatt Kahn
• Publisher: JRP Ringier 2017-07-01
• Publication Date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3037645113
• ISBN 13: 9783037645116
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

This monograph dedicated to New York artist Wyatt Kahn (born 1983) encompasses his painting production from 2011 to 2017 and introduces his recent exploration of photography. Trained as a sculptor, Kahn works with assemblages of raw canvas, individual panels in various sizes, shapes and geometric forms. By juxtaposing them, he plays with the flatness and the illusion of depth and alters the viewer’s perception of dimensionality. Rather than tracing the lines and shapes directly onto the canvas itself, he turns them into physical components of the artwork. His works constantly oscillate between painting and sculpture, drawing inspiration from the body, urban architecture, and the natural world. In his essay, Terry R. Myers puts the emphasis on the reuse of the past in Kahn’s work. As the artist says, “I lean back on history not to reference artists, but rather specific time periods, referencing that period as to where we are now.”

About the Author

Wyatt Kahn (né en 1983 à New York, où il vit et travaille) est principalement reconnu pour ses recherches autour des relations visuelles et spatiales entre la peinture et la sculpture. Suivant la tradition de l'abstraction minimaliste, Kahn produit des tableaux monochromes à panneaux multiples qui reposent sur l'interaction entre bi- et tridimensionalité. Ainsi, le mur d'accrochage devient une partie intégrante de la composition. L'artiste a réalisé des expositions personnelles au Museo di Arte Moderna e Contemporanea de Trente et Rovereto (2016) et au Contemporary Art Museum de Saint-Louis, (2015), ainsi qu'une œuvre de commande dans le cadre de la biennale Performa à New York (2015). Son travail a été intégré dans les collections du Whitney Museum of American Art, New York ; au Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris ; au MOCA, Los Angeles ; au Dallas Museum of Art ; au MoCA, Chicago, et à l'Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo.