MK Guth

MK Guth is an installation artist from Portland, Oregon, USA, particularly using braiding and audience participation. She has exhibited internationally.

Biography

Guth was educated at University of Madison, Wisconsin, graduating in Sociology. She obtained an MFA at New York University.[1]

She first came to international attention for her work at the Whitney Biennial in 2008,[2] which the New York Times described as "sweet, New Agey expansiveness that is atypical for this year's hermetic, uningratiating show".[3] Her installation, entitled "Ties of Protection and Safe Keeping" asked visitors to record what was most dear to them on scraps of cloth, which were then woven into the sculpture.[4] The work was based loosely on the tale of Rapunzel.[5] It expanded in size three-fold during the event, eventually totalling 500 feet.[6]

During a 20-day residency[7] at the Cosmopolitan P3 Studio, Las Vegas in 2011, Guth created a similar work of braided art (the third and final in her braided series) that stretched for 200 feet covering two rooms.[8]

In 2012 Guth created installations entitled "When Nothing Else Subsists, Smell and Taste Remain" and "Taste and Smell Remain" at The Art Gym, Lake Oswego, Oregon, where she used food as a vehicle for triggering memories and emotions.[4] To accompany the exhibition "When Nothing Else Subsists, Smell and Taste Remain", Marylhurst University published a 150-page text that addresses many of Guth's recent bodies of participatory work including "Red Shoe Delivery Service", "Lenticulars", "Braids", and "Knots and Networks".[9]

Guth has exhibited at the Melbourne International Arts Festival and the Nottdance Festival, England as well as venues across the USA.[1] She is a faculty member at the Pacific Northwest College of Art in Portland.[10]

References

  1. 1 2 "MK Guth: Ties of Protection and Safe Keeping at Boise Art Museum". artdaily.org. July 27, 2008. Retrieved 2013-10-15.
  2. ↑ Bodin, Claudia (May 2008). "Auf leisen Sohlen". Art: Das Kunstmagazin (in German). Retrieved 2013-10-15.
  3. ↑ Cotter, Holland (March 7, 2008). "Art's Economic Indicator". The New York Times. Retrieved 2013-10-15.
  4. 1 2 Motley, John (November 17, 2012). "MK Guth: Triggering emotions, memories with food". The Oregonian. Retrieved 2013-10-15.
  5. ↑ Butler, Grant (December 13, 2007). "For MK Guth, road to Whitney Biennial begins Saturday in Portland". The Oregonian. Retrieved 2013-10-15.
  6. ↑ Britannica Book of the Year 2009, Encyclopaedia Britannica Ltd, April 2009, p. 211, ISBN 978-1593398385
  7. ↑ Swenson, Kirsten (January 10, 2012). "M.K. Guth at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas". Art in America. Retrieved 2013-10-15.
  8. ↑ Peterson, Kristen (October 5, 2011). "Portland artist MK Guth becomes Rapunzel at Cosmo's P3 Studio". Las Vegas Weekly. Retrieved 2013-10-15.
  9. ↑ Hopkins, Terri (2012). MK Guth. Marylhurst, Oregon: Marylhurst University. ISBN 978-0-914435-57-0.
  10. ↑ "MK Guth". Faculty. Pacific Northwest College of Art. Retrieved 5 November 2013.

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External links

  1. ↑ Guth, MK (2012). MK Guth. 17600 Pacific Highway, Marylhurst, Oregon 97036: Marylhurst University. ISBN 978-0-914435-57-0. Retrieved 5 March 2016.
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