Untitled (Wrestlers), A.K. Burns, 2003, MoMA: Drawings and Prints

The Judith Rothschild Foundation Contemporary Drawings Collection Gift Size: 17 x 14" (43.2 x 35.6 cm) Medium: Cut-and-pasted printed paper on printed paper

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“Burns’s exhibition arrives as many of us are urgently considering the fate of both bodies and the body politic; she has generously provided a punching bag for those who would like to take out some of their frustrations.” @newyorkermag on #AKburns’ “Shabby But Thriving,” on view through April 23. .

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A.K. Burns’ recent work, A Smeary Spot, reimagines the genre of science fiction wherein both documentary and fantasy construct a narrative of bodies in transition and their relationship to nature, technology, territories and resources. Drawing on the work of a wide range writer/thinkers form the likes of Johanna Russ and Octavia Butler to Leo Bersani and Karen Barad, Burns’ work extends questions of assimilation, intentional community, agential realism to material and sonic form. Her research at collective address will take the form of audio experiments and recording sessions with other artists as well as a sound stage for the filming of the work.