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Christine Tarkowski
"Wood, " Christine Tarkowski, Contemporary Female Artist, Urban Text Art

2007

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About the Item

Christine Tarkowski (American, b. 1967) Wood, 2007 Screenprint in colors on wood veneer 36 x 24 inches From the edition of 3 Provenance: Priska C. Juschka Fine Art, New York Christine Tarkowski is an American sculptor and installation artist. Through her art, she explores the impact of the built environment (including architecture and textile technologies) on the natural environment. Tarkowski was born in Norwich, Connecticut, but now lives and works in Chicago, Illinois. After studying textile design at the Fashion Institute of Technology, she earned her BFA at the Parsons School of Design in New York City in 1989 and her MFA at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in Chicago, IL in 1992. In addition to her work as an artist, Christine has been an associate professor in the Fiber and Material Studies department at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago since 2003. In 2001, she received a Creative Capital Visual Arts award and in 2005, she received a Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Individual Artist Award. She has exhibited significant solo and group shows, including the exhibition titled, Last Things Will Be First and First Things Will be Last that was on display at the Chicago Cultural Center from January 29 - May 2, 2010. In this piece, as with many of Tarkowski’s works, there was the incorporation of a geodesic dome, which she uses as a symbol for the failed utopia. The utopian impulse of modernism and its failure is a recurring theme in her work, manifesting through transformed and mimicked urban materials like wallpaper, industrial siding, and trash.
  • Creator:
    Christine Tarkowski (1967, American)
  • Creation Year:
    2007
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 39 in (99.06 cm)Width: 27 in (68.58 cm)
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  • Gallery Location:
    New York, NY
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU184129905972

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