Woody De Othello
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Author: Lauren Dickens, Mario Gooden, Ricky Swallow
In the sculptures of De Othello, everyday domestic artifacts – tables, chairs, television remotes, telephone receivers, lamps, air purifiers – are anthropomorphised in glazed ceramic, bronze, wood and glass. Informed by his own Haitian ancestry, Othello takes interest in the supernatural objects of Vodou folklore. This comprehensive, fully illustrated volume explores Othello’s ceramic works from 2016 to 2020 and includes three new essays by Lauren Dickens, Mario Gooden and Ricky Swallow.Like the Vodou vessels, nkisi figures and other animist artifacts that inspire him, Othello’s ceramic characters come alive. 'A form of contemporary nkisi, Othello’s vessels and misshapen objects seem to react to and hold the energies of the space they inhabit,' writes Lauren Dickens, 'suggesting the power of pressures endured but not seen.'
ISBN 9781949172492. KARMA. hb. clothbound. 320 pages. 150 colour ills. 18.4 x 22.9 cm.
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In the sculptures of De Othello, everyday domestic artifacts – tables, chairs, television remotes, telephone receivers, lamps, air purifiers – are anthropomorphised in glazed ceramic, bronze, wood and glass. Informed by his own Haitian ancestry, Othello takes interest in the supernatural objects of Vodou folklore. This comprehensive, fully illustrated volume explores Othello’s ceramic works from 2016 to 2020 and includes three new essays by Lauren Dickens, Mario Gooden and Ricky Swallow.Like the Vodou vessels, nkisi figures and other animist artifacts that inspire him, Othello’s ceramic characters come alive. 'A form of contemporary nkisi, Othello’s vessels and misshapen objects seem to react to and hold the energies of the space they inhabit,' writes Lauren Dickens, 'suggesting the power of pressures endured but not seen.'
ISBN 9781949172492. KARMA. hb. clothbound. 320 pages. 150 colour ills. 18.4 x 22.9 cm.
available