MoCP - Darkroom 2023
24 MAY 2023 - 09 JUNE 2023
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14. Colleen Keihm
Arm and Leg
Colleen Keihm (United States, b. 1985)
Arm and Leg, 2020
Archival Inkjet Print
Edition: 2 of 3
Dimensions of Image: Centimeters (cm): 27.94 x 38.1 cm - Inches (in): 11 x 15 in
Dimensions of Paper: Centimeters (cm) 27.94 x 38.1 cm - Inches (in): 11 x 15 in
Dimensions Framed: Centimeters (cm): 30.48 x 40.64 cm - Inches (in): 12 x 16 in
Condition: Excellent
Courtesy of the Artist
ESTIMATE
$600 - 750
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Colleen Keihm (United States, b. 1985), Arm and Leg, 2020
In her project Becoming so familiar that it’s you (2020), Colleen Keihm collages fragments of auction catalogues to look critically at the values placed on some artists over others, and how the market of collecting correlates with the narrow teachings of art history textbooks. Thinking of new possibilities of radical inclusion, her practice disrupts depictions of traditionally celebrated authors by overlaying details from other images in the catalogues that portray calm moments in nature. Keihm uses dreamlike imagery of horses, birds, and historical photographs next to iconic works to escape conventions of good or bad, hinting toward the possibility of a more equitable and democratic art historical narrative.
Colleen Keihm has been included in numerous exhibitions nationally and internationally, including at the Woman Made Gallery, Chicago (2015); the Koehnline Museum of Art, Desplaines, IL (2016); and Zentrale, Wedding, Germany (2014), among many others. Her work was featured in the 2022-2023 MoCP exhibition Refracting Histories.
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