Kate Levant
Born in 1983 in Chicago; lives and works in Detroit.
Kate Levant scavenged the materials for her 2012 Biennial installation from a burned-down house in inner-city Detroit, an area often associated with economic distress and daunting foreclosure rates. Sheets of foil insulation lining, cardboard, and other materials found in the insect-infested ruins are transformed into a strange, visually powerful sculpture that suggests the eternal oscillation between life and death. Each element strikes a tenuous balance between cohesion and dispersion, disintegration and growth. Describing these components as “wrecked, still trying to contend,” Levant sees this makeshift sculpture as a reflection of the landscape of Detroit, which amid its crumbling structures and faltering social systems is mutating into something new and unknown.
Plan your visit
Kate Levant’s work is on view in the Museum’s third floor galleries.
