Thomas Houseago: Almost Human

by Olivia Gaultier and Penelope Curtis Trial

Los Angeles-based sculptor Thomas Houseago (born 1972) is part of a recent generation revisiting modernist sculpture through a contemporary lens, adding an array of nontraditional materials to the standard repertoire and finding new ways to dramatize figuration, often "leaving the seams showing," so to speak. His often monumental works thus possess a somewhat monstrous character; probably the best-known instance of this is his Baby, which...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 2759604136
• ISBN13: 9782759604135
• Release Date: May 2019
• Publisher: Musee D'Art Moderne de La Ville de Paris
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 2.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 9.6" x 12.0"