KRISTIN POSEHN
Kristin Posehn is a Los Angeles-based artist working between conceptual sculpture, architecture, and painting.
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Kristin Posehn is a Los Angeles-based artist working between sculpture, architecture, and the language of dreams. She received a Ph.D. in Sculpture from the Winchester School of Art, Winchester, UK, and her work has been commissioned and exhibited by institutions internationally, including the MAK Center for Art and Architecture, Los Angeles, Bonnefanten Museum, NL, Netwerk Center for Contemporary Art, BE, Museum De Paviljoens, NL, The Brooklyn Historical Society, NYC, and other venues. The Center for Art + Environment at the Nevada Museum of Art maintains a collection of materials from her architectural installations. She has taught at Oxford University, Woodbury University, Winchester School of Art, and Duke University.
Kristin Posehn, Root
sixteen cubic metres of soil, footpath, wild plants, grass seed, sod, six mattresses, twenty-two sinks, one television, one industrial hoover, fourteen chairs, microwave, coffee maker, nescafe, one broken bunk-bed with kid's graffiti, cracked mirror, branches, thirty-five sprouting logs, insects, hoses, buckets, standing water, four window frames, eight tables, sewing machine, umbrella, door, kitchenette set, kettles, one cubic metre of scrap electrical wiring, ten square metres of carpeting, trowel, handsaw, dresser, drawers, hosiery, beercans, slight breeze, broom and dustpan, copper piping, plastic cups, glasses, utensils and sheeting, etc.
12 x 6 meters (variable)
Winchester, UK
Kristin Posehn, Manic Castle Hash, Outdoor painting installation, 30 x 9 feet
EXHIBITION Manic Castle Hash Open Wall Salon / Binomial Nomenclature August 1, 2020 - February 27, 2021 5601 W. Adams Blvd Los Angeles, CA 90016 Open for view at all times
PRESS
The Art Newspaper XR Panel March 12, 2021
Hyperallergic February 3, 2021
NoHoArtsDistrict.com January 25, 2021
KCRW Arts & Culture Stories January 26, 2021
NoHoArtsDistrict.com August 24, 2020