Kate Levant (born 1983) is an

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artist.

Life and education

Kate Levant was born in 1983 in

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. She attended the Francis W. Parker School (Chicago) and in high school, the Chicago Academy for the Arts. She has degrees from

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and the

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Career

Kate Levant is an American sculptor and conceptual artist. Her work has been included in the 2012 ''

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'' at

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. She is represented b
Monique Meloche
in Chicago. Previously, she was represented b
Zach Feuer Gallery
in New York. She uses salvaged industrial materials, papers, aluminum foil and household items to create abstract assemblages. The concepts driving these sculptures have been described by Natalie Haddad at Hyperallergic as "systems that sustain life and society, and the consequences of their breakdown, remain at the heart of her practice." Her work has been compared to Robert Rauschenberg. Of what drives the form of her work, the artist has said, “The material, the substances and subjects themselves, seem to be what has the whip in them…I don’t feel in charge of the dynamic.”

Critical Reception

Critics frequently mention Levant's 2009 exhibition "Blood Drive" at Zach Feuer Gallery—launched while still a graduate student at Yale University—as the launch of her career. That show consistent of a series of sculptures that included a "Waiting Area", assemblage sculptures resembling furniture, and an actual blood drive. Kate Levant's art was included in a discussion of work in the 2012 Whitney Biennial by Michael Wilson in Art in America. In the article, he describes her work "mourning" the loss of America's Manufacturing Industry.

Exhibitions

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Use Your Indicator, Clima
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Which’s Ploying the Fans, Monique Meloche
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Reverse Leash Affect, Zach Feuer
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Closure of Jaw, Zach Feuer
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Whitney Biennial, The Whitney Museum of Art
201
This is Laced, Zach Feuer
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Blood Drive: Compromised by Kate Levant, Zach Feuer

References

External links

* http://art.newcity.com/2013/04/23/review-kate-levantmonique-meloche-gallery/ * http://nymag.com/news/intelligencer/breaking/58332/ * http://www.contemporaryartdaily.com/tag/kate-levant/ {{DEFAULTSORT:Levant, Kate 1983 births Living people 21st-century American sculptors American conceptual artists Artists from Chicago School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts alumni Yale School of Art alumni Francis W. Parker School (Chicago) alumni