Iman Issa

Weiner interviews artist Iman Issa about objects and the role that they play in her practice. Issa explains instrumental application of forms and cites some of the ways in which art enables its own singular modes of communication. She notes, "I don’t think of myself as an object-maker or a scul...

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Published in:Bomb (New York, N.Y.) N.Y.), 2017-07 (140), p.33-43
Main Authors: Issa, Iman, Weiner, Andrew
Format: Magazinearticle
Language:English
Subjects:
21st century
Art exhibitions
Art objects
Artists
Cultural history
Fiction
Issa, Iman
Literature
Memory
Modern art
Monuments
Sculpture
Speech acts
Visual artists
Visual arts
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Summary:Weiner interviews artist Iman Issa about objects and the role that they play in her practice. Issa explains instrumental application of forms and cites some of the ways in which art enables its own singular modes of communication. She notes, "I don’t think of myself as an object-maker or a sculptor. I like both object and sculpture as terms, and see how they might be useful in thinking about the work. But I use the word display to describe the work, in the sense that the work is composed of a set of elements relying on and relating to each other. For example, in most exhibitions I do, text, be it in the form of captions, descriptive panels, or vinyl lettering on the wall, is an integral part of the work, as are the object, support structure, spatial configuration, light—to me all of these things constitute the work."
ISSN:0743-3204
2328-2894