The Des Moines Art Center is an important regional museum in Iowa whose strong collection of modern and contemporary work from the 20th and 21st centuries is housed across three wings designed by renowned architects Eliel Saarinen, I.M. Pei and Richard Meier. Despite its art and architectural pedigrees, it is also very much, as its name suggests, an art center, a place where artists and audiences come together to discuss the issues and urgencies of our time, and where art is taught to adults and children in an attached school.
Des Moines Art Center
Karla Black (Scottish, born 1972)
Unlike, 2018
Glass, wood, clay, paint, Vaseline, lipstick, foundation,
moisturizing gel / 54 3/4 × 37 13/16 × 12 5/8 inches
Des Moines Art Center Permanent Collections;
Purchased with funds from the Kyle and Sharon Krause
Family Art Acquisition Fund, 2019.15
Photo Courtesy Galerie Gisela Capitain, Cologne
Photographer: ©Jens Ziehe / ©Karla Black
Karla Black (Scottish, born 1972)
Diamond Hard, 2013
cardboard, paint, petroleum jelly, cellophane
Overall: 44 1/8 × 57 7/8 × 33 7/16 in. (112 × 147 × 85 cm.)
Copyright the artist, Courtesy Modern Art, London.
Photographer: Todd-White Art Photography
Karla Black (Scottish, born 1972)
What To Ask Of Others, 2011
Polythene, chalk dust, thread
Overall: 55 1/8 × 118 1/8 × 11 13/16 inches (140 × 300 × 30 cm.)
Collezione Maramotti, Reggio Emilia, Italy
Photo Courtesy Galerie Gisela Capitain, Cologne.
Photographer: ©Dario Lasagni
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“The Warhol Foundation aims to support the full range of artistic activity in America—from exhibitions at major museums to neighborhood projects by artist collectives. Arts writers, through the range and specialization of their individual interests, touch upon all of this activity—illuminating and interrogating it and bringing it into conversation with the public. Support for artists is not complete without support for the circulation and serious consideration of their ideas. The Arts Writers Grant program keeps artists at the center of cultural dialogue and debate—in our opinion, right where they belong.”
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