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N. Dash

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N. Dash is the first monograph dedicated to the work of an emerging American artist known for her abstract, process-driven art. Employing a wide array of natural and man-made materials—including pigments, clay, jute, graphite, and found objects—N. Dash explores intuitive, tactile communication systems. Her art uniquely blends raw textures with sensitivity, merging the abject and the beautiful. The book also situates her work within important art historical and anthropological frameworks.
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Format: Hardback
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This book is ideal for readers interested in contemporary art, experimental media, and materiality in artistic practice, as well as those curious about the intersections of anthropology and art history.

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This first monograph by N. Dash provides a comprehensive overview of the work of this emerging American artist, whose work operates within diverse media and materials.

In her abstract and process-oriented works, N. Dash uses natural as well as man-made substances such as pigments, clay, jute, graphite, fabric, string, Styrofoam, or found objects to explore intuitive, touch-based communication systems.

With her focus on the visual and tactile qualities of material, N. Dash's work combines the raw with the sensitive, the abject with the beautiful.

The text contributions place her work in art historical and anthropological contexts.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9783775751780

Publisher: Hatje Cantz

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 09 December 2021

Country: Germany

Imprint: Hatje Cantz

Illustration: 136 Illustrations

Contributors:

  • Text by Suzanne Hudson
  • Text by Ross Simonini
  • Text by John Giorno
  • Text by Michael Taussig
  • Text by Ajay Kurian

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 216.0mm

Height: 279.0mm

Weight: 1760g

Pages: 268

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About the Author

N. DASH (*1980) works with painting, sculpture, drawing and photography. She studied at New York University and Columbia University. In 2022, she has solo exhibitions at S.M.A.K. in Ghent and SITE Santa Fe.

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