{"product_id":"tamara-kostianovsky-rapacious-beauty-hardcover","title":"Tamara Kostianovsky: Rapacious Beauty - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGonzalo Casals\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTamara Kostianovsky's contemporary art combines beauty, violence, and post-colonial aesthetics.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Latinx artist Tamara Kostianovsky began using her discarded clothes as artistic material shortly after immigrating to the United States, addressing cultural and physical displacement, assimilation and identity, and the brutal history of Latin America. Today, these emotionally charged materials coalesce in a post-colonial vision for an ecological future. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Tamara Kostianovsky creates sculptures from textiles that address the relationship between landscapes, the body, and violence. This volume highlights the distinct bodies of her work including sculptures of butchered carcasses, slain birds, and severed trees. Built with layers of texture, color, and emotion, these works dive head-first into the tension between beauty and horror, confronting histories of systemic violence and transforming them into utopian environments.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGonzalo Casals\u003c\/b\u003e is commissioner of the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs. He has contributed to publications such as \u003ci\u003eBarbara Hammer: Evidentiary Bodies\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eQueer Holdings: A Survey of the Leslie-Lohman Museum Collection\u003c\/i\u003e. Casals teaches at the City University of New York, New York University, and Yale University.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 80\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.47 x 9.29 x 9.21 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 15, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46891201396933,"sku":"9783777439174","price":43.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0757\/6718\/5605\/files\/rY9BKmF0uw9783777439174.webp?v=1789037681","url":"https:\/\/selloorium.com\/products\/tamara-kostianovsky-rapacious-beauty-hardcover","provider":"Selloorium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}