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.
Artwork © Alicja Kwade
Images courtesy of König Galerie, Berlin/ London, 303 Gallery, New York, and kamel mennour, Paris/London, photos by Léopold Fradin, Roman März
© 2019 The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Artist Interview—Alicja Kwade: ParaPivot | Met Exhibitions
In this video, artist Alicja Kwade discusses her work ParaPivot, commissioned for The Met’s Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Roof Garden.
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