Jessica Stockholder
Cranking Devil’s Advocacy
Lot closes
June 7, 03:45:00 AM GMT
Estimate
28,000 - 34,000 USD
Starting Bid
15,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Jessica Stockholder
b. 1959
Cranking Devil’s Advocacy
Executed in 2017.
White printer, silicone cupcake sleeves, fake fur, oil paint, hardware, small shelf
34 x 32 x 16 in. (86.4 x 81.3 x 40.6 cm)
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Courtesy of the artist and 1301 PE, Los Angeles
Jessica Stockholder (b. 1959, Seattle, WA; lives in Nanaimo, Canada) is renowned for her site-specific installations and sculptures, which draw on a range of influences from abstract expressionism to pop art. Combining daily and household objects in her sculptures, she reimagines the potential of vibrancy in mundane objects to transform gallery spaces. She has exhibited at Centre Pompidou, Paris; MoMA PS1, New York; Kunstmuseum St. Gallen, Switzerland; Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; and the Renaissance Society, Chicago. Stockholder participated in the 47th Venice Biennale, has been awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship, and was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2018. An influential teacher who taught at the University of Chicago between 2011 and 2024, she is represented in numerous museum collections worldwide.