A behind-the-scenes look into Carol Bove's practice
2016
Offering a unique glimpse into her studio, Polka Dots explores the process and work of Carol Bove.
Bove was closely involved in producing this publication designed by Joseph Logan, which is structured around a series of photographs taken by Andreas Laszlo Konrath on visits to her studio in Brooklyn. Through the photographs, the reader experiences not only the development of Bove's most recent body of work—referred to by the artist as "collage sculptures"—but also the materials and conditions that contribute to its creation. The sculptures are constructed from square steel tubing that has been crushed and shaped by Bove, scrap metal that she finds in the industrial environs of her studio in Red Hook, and shallow, highly polished discs. Painted in vivid colors, the sculptures appear lightweight and improvised despite their heavy materiality. In addition to Konrath's rich and intimate photographs, images of individual works are shown silhouetted out of their original contexts. In doing so, Bove aims to draw the viewer away from a typical experience of sculpture.
Released on the occasion of Bove's solo exhibition at David Zwirner in New York in 2016, Polka Dots features an essay by Johanna Burton charting the artist's fascination with process and commitment to disrupting traditional ways of seeing. Published by David Zwirner Books