Ken Graves – The Meaning of Gravity
Ken Graves – The Meaning of Gravity
| Author | Eva Lipman |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Luhz Press |
| ISBN | 9798218262549 |
| Idea Code | 24168 |
From the mid-1970s, artist Ken Graves (1942–2016) created hundreds of collages using medical journals, technical manuals, advertisements, and found objects. Strongly influenced by surrealism’s proposal to reveal the subconscious through dreamlike scenes, he reconfigured the material of popular culture to unveil the social undercurrents embedded in commercial imagery. His collages examine the tension of societal roles (duty, station, gender) and reveal the hidden rituals that have been erected to create and maintain a set of social orders. A celebrated photographer, Graves reveals a different side of his artistic engagement through this rarely seen collage work.
| 128 p, ills colour & bw, 24 x 29 cm, hb, English |
