Mika Tajima is a multidisciplinary artist who defies categorization. Based in New York, her work oscillates from video installations and abstract paintings to gradient-filled hot tubs and monolithic sculptures. Though disparate in form and subject matter, each of her intensely research-driven projects explores how the human body is shaped amidst the tide of new technologies.
In conjunction with Inventory Press and Kayne Griffin, Pace Publishing has released a sumptuous new monograph on the artist. The eponymously titled book features an introduction by independent curator Mika Yoshitake, who chronicles Tajima’s far-reaching interests across painting, sculpture and new media installations.
“Tracing modernist architecture and design from the Industrial Revolution to the sharing economy, Tajima draws on philosopher Hannah Arendt’s idea of a social space—by which living things make their appearance to probe the visibility of performance, control, and freedom—to investigate how different digital and aesthetic technologies manifest as sensorial and psychic experiences,” said Yoshitake in a statement.
Mika Tajima features 120 full color reproductions across 188 pages, including special sections rendered on semi-transparent paper. Designed by ELLA, the book features a beautifully printed die-cut cover and is available to purchase for $55 USD.
In related news, Daniel Jack Lyons published his first monograph.
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