GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Karla Black materializes sculptures from “impermanent and raw” substances that are common to everyday life but unexpected for the medium—sugar paper, bath bombs, eyeshadow, cellophane, and chalk, to name a few. Both intuitive action and deliberate decisions inform her construction as she works otherwise delicate powders and plastics into defined and specific forms. Exactly That, created especially for the Dallas Museum of Art, employs the thinnest of materials yet manages to occupy the entire gallery, from floor to ceiling. Although it is tempting to describe Black’s works as feminine, the artist rejects that characterization, along with all attempted applications of symbolic or metaphorical significance. Black’s principal attention to color and texture can be felt as much as seen in her sculptures, and it is this aesthetic emphasis that makes her work visually and physically stunning to encounter.
Excerpt from
- Anna Katherine Brodbeck, ed., TWO X TWO X TWENTY: Two Decades Supporting Contemporary Art at the Dallas Museum of Art (Dallas: Dallas Museum of Art), 2018, 226-227.
NOTES
Did not get object file- streamlined process, no provenance. CLC, 11/30/18.
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Late Night artist talk with Karla Black
13316074: UMO
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WEB RESOURCES
- Dallas Museum of Art~Review the 2012-2013 exhibition of Black's work at the DMA, Concentrations 55: Karla Black.
- Guggenheim~Learn more about Black and her work.
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General Description
Karla Black materializes sculptures from “impermanent and raw” substances that are common to everyday life but unexpected for the medium—sugar paper, bath bombs, eyeshadow, cellophane, and chalk, to name a few. Both intuitive action and deliberate decisions inform her construction as she works otherwise delicate powders and plastics into defined and specific forms. Exactly That, created especially for the Dallas Museum of Art, employs the thinnest of materials yet manages to occupy the entire gallery, from floor to ceiling. Although it is tempting to describe Black’s works as feminine, the artist rejects that characterization, along with all attempted applications of symbolic or metaphorical significance. Black’s principal attention to color and texture can be felt as much as seen in her sculptures, and it is this aesthetic emphasis that makes her work visually and physically stunning to encounter.
Excerpt from
- Anna Katherine Brodbeck, ed., TWO X TWO X TWENTY: Two Decades Supporting Contemporary Art at the Dallas Museum of Art (Dallas: Dallas Museum of Art), 2018, 226-227.
Fun Facts
Archival Resources
Web Resources
- Dallas Museum of Art~Review the 2012-2013 exhibition of Black's work at the DMA, Concentrations 55: Karla Black.
- Guggenheim~Learn more about Black and her work.
Notes
Did not get object file- streamlined process, no provenance. CLC, 11/30/18.
Catalogue essays
Artist/designers
Cultures
Geography
Process/materials
Historical periods
Individuals
Subject terms
RELATED OBJECTS
PROVENANCE
AUDIO ASSETS
Late Night artist talk with Karla Black
13316074: UMO
VIDEO ASSETS
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