In this video, artist Alicja Kwade discusses her work ParaPivot, commissioned for The Met’s Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Roof Garden. Using steel and stone to evoke a miniature solar system, Kwade has created two sculptures that call into question the systems designed to banish doubt from the world and make sense of an otherwise unfathomable universe.
Alicja Kwade on ParaPivot
Kwade discusses the miniature solar system she built to make sense of an unfathomable universe.
Alicja Kwade
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