Thank you so much for your enthusiasm and participation in last week’s VALS visit. Let’s keep it up as we welcome Martin Kersels this coming Tuesday.
Martin Kersels was born in Los Angeles and is currently an Associate Professor and the Director of Graduate Studies in Sculpture at Yale. His body of work ranges from the collaborative performances with the group SHRIMPS (1984-1993) to large-scale sculptures such as Tumble Room (2001). Since 1994, Mr. Kersels’ objects and projects have been exhibited at museums both nationally and internationally, including the 1997 and 2010 Whitney Biennials, the Pompidou Center, MOCA Los Angeles, the Tinguely Museum, Kunsthalle Bern, and the Getty Museum. A survey of his work, entitled “Heavyweight Champion,” was exhibited at the Tang Museum in 2007 and the Santa Monica Museum in 2008. Before arriving at Yale, Mr. Kersels was a faculty member and Co-Director of the Art Program at the California Institute of the Arts.
More information can be found here:
LA Times: Heavyweight Champion
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