Caroline Kent
In waiting we find want
Lot closes
June 7, 03:28:00 AM GMT
Estimate
35,000 - 55,000 USD
Current Bid
22,000 USD
2 Bids
Reserve met
Lot Details
Description
Caroline Kent
b. 1975
In waiting we find want
Executed in 2024.
Acrylic on canvas
47 x 35 in. (119.4 x 88.9 cm)
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Courtesy of the artist, Casey Kaplan, New York and PATRON, Chicago
Caroline Kent (b. 1975, Sterling, IL; lives in Chicago, IL) explores the relationship between language, translation, and abstraction through an expanded painting practice that encompasses drawing, sculpture, installation, and performance. Developed from an ongoing archive of works on paper, Kent expands the discourse of abstraction to include theories that move beyond surface and frame, through each act of translation, from one medium to the next. In her work In waiting we find want, she uses a visual language of shapes, gestural script, and line drawing that defies easy translation and invites us to form our own interpretations. In 2021, the MCA hosted Kent’s first museum solo exhibition. In 2024, she completed a public art commission for Union Station in Chicago. She has also recently exhibited at the Queens Museum, New York; Museum of Modern Art, New York; and Berkeley Art Museum, CA.