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Conquest / Book / Kris Kuksi.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextDescription: 189 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cmISBN:
  • 9780847860265 (hardback)
  • 0847860264 (hardbackk)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 700.411
Other classification:
  • 700.411
Summary: Kris Kuksi's ornate artworks transcend a fine-art gallery context, appealing to a goth, street-culture audience. Using a range of mixed media and unconventional materials, Kuksi builds intricate miniature worlds out of model train kits, army men, jewellery, rocks, trinkets, religious souvenirs, figurines, and ornamental fixtures sourced from all over the world. Each of the delicate and unique assemblages host endless intricate baroque and macabre narratives, reminiscent of lost civilizations, classical sculpture, and fantastic realism. This volume features more than 200 colour reproductions and intricate details of his works
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Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Books Books Junaid Zaidi Library, COMSATS University Islamabad Ground Floor 700.411 KUK-C 61700 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 10001000061700
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Includes essay "The weight of gravity" by Carlo McCormick (pages 13-15)

Kris Kuksi's ornate artworks transcend a fine-art gallery context, appealing to a goth, street-culture audience. Using a range of mixed media and unconventional materials, Kuksi builds intricate miniature worlds out of model train kits, army men, jewellery, rocks, trinkets, religious souvenirs, figurines, and ornamental fixtures sourced from all over the world. Each of the delicate and unique assemblages host endless intricate baroque and macabre narratives, reminiscent of lost civilizations, classical sculpture, and fantastic realism. This volume features more than 200 colour reproductions and intricate details of his works

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