Nari Ward

Name: Nari Ward
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Nari Ward explores the evocative installations and sculptures of Jamaican-born artist Nari Ward. Known for transforming found urban materials into powerful visual statements, Ward's work addresses themes of race, poverty, consumerism, and diasporic identity within American culture. This book accompanies a major retrospective at the New Museum, showcasing his career from the early 1990s, including the acclaimed piece Amazing Grace (1993).
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This book is ideal for readers interested in contemporary art, social commentary through visual media, and the intersections of culture and identity. Art students, cultural historians, and fans of innovative sculpture will find it especially compelling.

A critical examination of the work of one of the most significant and original sculptors and installation artists living today

Description

Jamaican-born Nari Ward is best known for his large-scale sculptures and installations, many of which are created from unexpected materials collected around his urban neighbourhood. His incisive works frequently comment on issues surrounding race, poverty, consumerism, and diasporic identity in American culture.

Nari Ward accompanies a major retrospective at the New Museum, highlighting his work from the early 1990s, including Amazing Grace (1993).

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780714879147

Publisher: Phaidon Press Ltd

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 11 March 2019

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Phaidon Press Ltd

Edition: In Association with the New Museum

Contributors:

Edited by Massimiliano Gioni
Edited by Gary Carrion-Murayari
Edited by Massimiliano Gioni
Edited by Gary Carrion-Murayari

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 16.0mm

Width: 230.0mm

Height: 330.0mm

Weight: 1220g

Pages: 224

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Arts & Culture Non-Fiction

About the Author

Gary Carrion-Murayari is Kraus Family Curator at the New Museum. Okwui Enwezor is a renowned curator and former director of Haus der Kunst, Munich. Lauren Haynes is curator of contemporary art at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas. Bennett Simpson is senior curator at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles. Lowery Sims is an art historian and former Curator Emerita at the Museum of Arts and Design, New York.