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“Hedges” (2019), sculpted wooden, lumber, {hardware}, mirror, and carpet, 144 x 208 x 208 inches. Photograph by Mark Waldhauser, courtesy of the Shed Open Name. All photos © Hugh Hayden courtesy of Lisson Gallery, shared with permission
The primary monograph of the incisive Hugh Hayden (previously), American Vernacular celebrates a decade of sculptures and installations that proof his eager political and cultural consciousness. Revealed by MIT Press and edited by Sarah Montross, the 256-page quantity is heavy with photos, that includes 90 photographs of Hayden’s work that discover conceptions of race and sophistication via intersections with nature.
Steadily working with bushes and bark—the latter even envelops the e-book’s cowl with “HUGH” showing carved into the tough, protecting sheath—Hayden is drawn to wooden and sometimes makes use of the fabric to contemplate the huge array of points born from slavery and its enduring legacy. Each “Hedges” and “The Jones Half 3” proven right here characteristic branches protruding from the surfaces of the home works that make them unimaginable to make use of, a metaphor Hayden returns to as he examines the inhospitable realities of life within the U.S. “All of my work is in regards to the American dream, whether or not it’s a desk that’s arduous to sit down at or a thorny faculty desk. It’s a dream that’s seductive however troublesome to inhabit,” he says.
American Vernacular is at present accessible from Bookshop.
“Hangers #3” (2018), fir, walnut, and ebony with oak dowel, metal, 11 x 28 ¼ x 12 ½ inches. Non-public assortment
“Good Hair 3 (Brainwash)” (2021), white oak, wire-drawn black boar hair (bristle), metallic face masks, 10 x 11 ½ x 9 ½ inches. Non-public assortment
Element of “Hedges” (2019), sculpted wooden, lumber, {hardware}, mirror and carpet, 144 x 208 x 208 inches. Photograph by Mark Waldhauser, courtesy of the Shed Open Name
“The Jones Half 3” (2018), sculpted japanese purple cedar (Juniperus virginiana) with metal, 78 ½ x 180 x 26 ¾ inches. Non-public assortment
Element of “The Jones Half 3” (2018), sculpted japanese purple cedar (Juniperus virginiana) with metal, 78 ½ x 180 x 26 ¾ inches. Non-public assortment
#books
#Hugh Hayden
#sculpture
#wood
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