Main entry:

Kingelez, Bodys Isek, 1948-2015, artist.

Title & Author:

Bodys Isek Kingelez / Sarah Suzuki, the Museum of Modern Art, New York.

Publication:

New York, New York : The Museum of Modern Art, [2018]
New York, New York : Distributed in the United States and Canada by Artbook D.A.P.
©2018

Description:

144 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 28 cm

Notes:
Published in conjunction with an exhibition of the same name held May 26, 2018-January 1, 2019 at The Museum of Modern Art, New York.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 137-139).
Foreword -- Kingelez visionnaire / Sarah Suzuki -- On Kingelez's audacious objects / Chika Okeke-Agulu -- Replaying African abstraction: Kingelez's images of architecture / David Adjaye -- In search of possibilities / Sammy Baloji -- Early encounters with Kingelez: an interview / André Magnin and Sarah Suzuki -- Writings by Kingelez -- Plates -- Selected exhibitions / Hillary Reder -- Selected bibliography / Hillary Reder.

Summary:

"The visionary artist Bodys Isek Kingelez created utopian propositions for cities in a peaceful and prosperous tomorrow. Born in the Belgian Congo in 1948, Kingelez came of age in a period of tremendous change, as his country evolved in the complex years following Independence. He made his first artworks in the late 1970s in Kinshasa, the capital of the newly renamed nation of Zaire, transforming modest materials--paper, cardboard, plastic, and commercial packaging--into dazzling and intricate sculptures. Inspired in large part by the life and architecture of the capital (where he lived until his death in 2015), his works depict civic buildings, public monuments, national pavilions, and skyscrapers, both singly and combined into fantastical and expansive cities. Kingelez gained international renown through his participation in the landmark 1989 exhibition Magiciens de la terre, at the Centre Pompidou, Paris, and his sculptures have since been shown around the world. Published to accompany an exhibition at The Museum of Modern Art, New York--the first-ever full retrospective of Kingelez's practice--this catalogue traces the span of the artist's thirty-year career, from his rarely seen early works to the large-scale cities of his later decades. Featuring stunning new photography, this is the most comprehensive volume on the artist to date"-- Back cover

ISBN:

9781633450547 (hardback)
1633450546 (hardback)

Subject:

Kingelez, Bodys Isek, 1948-2015 Exhibitions.
Kingelez, Bodys Isek, 1948-2015 Themes, motives Exhibitions.
Magnin, André Interviews.
Kingelez, Bodys Isek Themes, motives.
Magnin, André.
Kingelez, Bodys Isek, 1948-2015.
Sculpture, Congolese (Democratic Republic) 20th century Exhibitions.
Sculpture, Congolese (Democratic Republic) 21st century Exhibitions.
Cities and towns in art Exhibitions.
Architecture in art Exhibitions.
Architectural models Congo (Democratic Republic) Exhibitions.
Artists, Black Congo (Democratic Republic) Exhibitions.
Sculpture congolaise (République démocratique) 20e siècle Expositions.
Sculpture congolaise (République démocratique) 21e siècle Expositions.
Architecture dans l'art Expositions.
Modèles architecturaux Congo (République démocratique) Expositions.
Artistes noirs Congo (République démocratique) Expositions.
Sculpture, Congolese (Democratic Republic) Exhibitions 20th century.
Sculpture, Congolese (Democratic Republic) Exhibitions 21st century.
Interviews.
Art and Design.
Themes, motives.
Sculpture, Congolese (Democratic Republic)
Cities and towns in art.
Artists, Black.
Architecture in art.
Architectural models.
Congo (Democratic Republic)

Form/genre:

Exhibition catalogs.
exhibition catalogs.
Interviews.
Tentoonstellingscatalogi (vorm)
Catalogues d'exposition.

Added entries:

Suzuki, Sarah J. S., curator, author, interviewer.
Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.), host institution.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 301264
Call No.: BIB 247428
Status: Available