Karen LaMonte: Absence Adorned

by Karen LaMonte and Arthur C. Danto

Karen LaMonte produces life-size dresses in glass, dividing her time between New York City and Prague. She has developed a meticulous glass casting technique that involves making two molds - one from an actual body that shapes the interior of the sculpture, the second from a garment, which shapes the exterior - and casting them together in one shell. The resulting dress reveals traces of the figure that once wore it - the curve of a breast, the slope...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0972664912
• ISBN13: 9780972664912
• Release Date: January 2005
• Publisher: University of Washington Press
• Length: 87 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 9.4" x 11.6"