Monday, January 31, 2011

Chakaia Booker: Artist Talk

Green Art     Recycling     Artistic Exploration     Race

Retreads     Public Art Work     Artistic Voice

Communication     Sculpting Self     Experimentation

Wearable Pieces     Automobile Tires




"A penchant for scavenged rubber, Chakaia Booker began a career assembling the strips and shreds of discarded Goodyears and Firestones into intricate, elaborate, widely acclaimed sculpture. Her work has a fully organic presence. For a NASA-commissioned memorial project, she disassembled a tire once used by the ill-fated space shuttle Columbia. Booker's work communicates her need to utilize her skills as a means of experimentation and exploration."

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