Bøger af Peter Doroshenko

On an immersive, multi-authored installation led by Clemente at Dallas ContemporaryThis book documents a 2019 installation by Francesco Clemente (born 1952) at Dallas Contemporary, consisting of a mural realized with three Oaxacan artists and two series of large-scale sculptures made with Indian artisans. The site-specific fresco consists of new zodiac signs invented by the artist, including a diver and two snails opposing one another, embellished with sepia-toned waves.For Clemente, these personal zodiac signs serve as symbols of gates, serving perhaps as pathways to spiritual realms or alternate realities. His mixed-media sculptures also feature charged symbols of liminality such as ladders, labyrinths, gates, doors and keys.These recent works reflect Clemente's ongoing exploration of spirituality, mythological narratives and symbolism through surreal, quasi-religious content. The overall dreamlike atmosphere produced by this large-scale installation is firmly in keeping with Clemente's uncanny and fantastic imaginary.

Recent experiments in color, from a Japanese painter known for his grayscale paletteJapanese artist Tomoo Gokita (born 1969) is known for his monochromatic and grayscale figurative paintings. This latest body of work, made during lockdown, consists of bright, pastel-colored large-scale paintings portraying pinup models, female wrestlers and familial portraiture alongside mundane symbols embedded in our current reality.

Eric Fischl (born 1948) is one of a handful of contemporary painters who regularly employs sourced images, culled from the internet, newspapers and magazines in his paintings. This catalog spotlights art's consistent presence--be it front and center or in the background--in Fischl's work over the past four decades.