Author: Harrison, RachelGuided by a desire to illuminate and inspire reflection on the sculptural form, Dominique Lévy of LGDR invited Rachel Harrison to curate a presentation of 20th-century sculpture. The exhibition that emerged comprises a group of works that consider Modernism’s devotion to that most fundamental of subjects: the human figure. This title features works by Louise Bourgeois, Constantin Brâncuși, Marcel Duchamp, Marisol, Alberto Giacometti & Alina Szapocznikow that represent the body in extremis.The individual pieces act as surrogates that stand in for the whole. Taken together, the works on view embody various conceptions of personhood as routed through objects, whether rendered with aching specificity, as in the clefts and folds of Szapocznikow’s plaster 'Ventre' (Belly) (1968), or invoked as a generic type, as in Marisol’s totemic couple 'The Blacks' (1962). Richly illustrated with installation views from the exhibition, 'Stage Fright' features a new text by Harrison—framed as a dialogue between filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock and figure skater Peggy Fleming—that critically examines the presentation and the artist’s own practice and approach.ISBN 9781941366691. Gregory R. Miller & Co./Lévy Gorvy Dayan. hb. 80 pages. 100 colour ills. 24.1 x 21 cm.available
