Carol Bove Book Launch

Floor One, The Whitney Shop

Join us in the Whitney Shop for a special signing event with artist Carol Bove to celebrate the release of her new book, Carol Bove: Polka Dots published by David Zwirner Books.

This publication offers a rare glimpse into an artist’s studio while visually exploring both the process and the finished work of one of today’s leading contemporary artists.

Built around a series of photographs by Andreas Laszlo Konrath taken over the course of multiple visits to Bove’s studio in Brooklyn, this catalogue offers a unique, behind-the-scenes look into her practice. Through the photographs, the reader experiences not only the development of her most recent body of sculptures—referred to by the artist as "collage sculptures"—but also the materials and conditions that contribute to the creation of these works. Slightly larger than human scale, the sculptures are constructed from square steel tubing—crushed into soft folds and painted in vivid colors—and assembled with found steel and other industrial elements. In contrast to Konrath's rich and intimate photographs, also included are images of individual works shown silhouetted out of their original context, an attempt by the artist to draw the viewer away from typical ways of experiencing sculpture.

Created by the artist in close collaboration with designer Joseph Logan and published on the occasion of Bove’s eponymous show at David Zwirner, New York, in November 2016, Polka Dots features an essay by Johanna Burton that charts the artist’s fascination with process and commitment to disrupting traditional ways of seeing. A chronology provides a summary of Bove’s exhibitions and installations in major museums and private institutions around the world, offering a thorough resource for those interested in the artist’s development across time.

This event is free and open to the public.