{"product_id":"woody-de-othello-9781949172492","title":"Woody De Othello","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe woozy domesticity of Woody De Othello: sculpture as ordinary objects succumbing to gravity In the sculptures of Berkeley-based artist Woody De Othello (born 1991)  everyday domestic artifactstables  chairs  television remotes  telephone receivers  lamps  air purifiersare anthropomorphized in glazed ceramic  bronze  wood and glass. Othellos scaled-up representations of these objects often slump over  overcome with gravity  as if exhausted by their own use. Informed by his own Haitian ancestry  Othello takes interest in the supernatural objects of Vodou folklore. Like the Vodou vessels  nkisi figures and other animist artifacts that inspire him  Othellos ceramic characters come alive. A form of contemporary nkisi  Othellos vessels and misshapen objects seem to react to and hold the energies of the space they inhabit  writes Lauren Dickens  suggesting the power of pressures endured but not seen. This comprehensive  fully illustrated volume explores Othellos ceramic works from 2016 through 2020  and includes three new essays by Lauren Dickens  Mario Gooden and Ricky Swallow.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67929936101429,"sku":"ByrdShop_194917249X","price":90.21,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781949172492.jpg?v=1794201627","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/woody-de-othello-9781949172492","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}