Some Kind of Duty features all new handmade weavings by Chicago-based artist Karolina Gnatowski, known as kg. In monumental and small-scale tapestries, kg, anAmerican artist who was born in Poland incorporates references ranging from Polish immigration, badminton, Jim Morrison, and feminist fiber artists to addiction, mourning, and their pet. The artist’s keen attention to the details of life’s coincidences and moments of intersection finds a fitting form in their reverence for the history of tapestry weaving, and the evidence of everyday life incorporated into the artist’s work makes their weavings an offering to those both living and dead.
This catalog accompanies an exhibition at the DePaul Art Museum, and it features full-color plates of the works on view, an interview between the artist and DPAM Director and Chief Curator Julie Rodrigues Widholm, an essay by K. L. H. Wells, assistant professor in the Department of Art History at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee, and poems written by the artist to accompany each work.
By:
Julie Rodrigues Widho Imprint: DePaul University Art Museum Country of Publication: United States Dimensions:
Height: 267mm,
Width: 190mm,
Spine: 12mm
Weight: 614g ISBN:9780996235006 ISBN 10: 0996235000 Pages: 100 Publication Date:15 June 2019 Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Undergraduate
Format:Paperback Publisher's Status: Active
Julie Rodrigues Widholm is director and chief curator of DePaul Art Museum.
