Synopsis: La Flor del Paraiso takes its name from a piece Semmes created for her 2004 exhibition at Kunsthallen Brandts in Odense, Denmark in which luminous, orange organza flows like a phosphorescent lake across the floor of the gallery. Large glass pots melt into this lake and hot pink birds perch upside down on the ceiling. The glowing fabric and the glass vessels of evoke, like many of Semmes’ sculptural installations, an absent female body. The theme of absence, which runs throughout Semmes’ work, is discussed in the book’s essay "Enclosed Gardens, Absent Bodies" by Luis Pérez Oramas, curator at the Museum of Modern Art, New York. The book’s other essay, "On Vessels, Urns, Pots, Jars" by Lene Burkard, chief curator at Kunsthallen Brandts, focuses on the significance of the vessels -– made of clay, glass and other materials – that have populated Semmes’ recent installations.

Designed and edited by Semmes and Burkard, the diminutive La Flor del Paraiso provides a colorful tour through Semmes’ larger than life-size installations. Photographs from the Kunsthallen Brandts exhibition are joined by images of earlier sculptures, installations, photographs and videos. A biography and exhibition history round out this illuminating view into Semmes’ multifaceted work

Category: Catalogue
Pages: 77 p.
Dimensions (Height x Width x Depth): 17.5 x 17.5 cm.
Cover: Board
Binding: sewn bound
Process: offset-printed
Color: color
Edition 800
Signed: Unsigned and Unnumbered
ISBN: 8777661427

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