PAINE: ROXY PAINE

Metal trees, fungus paintings, art works created by computer-controlled robots, and an abundance of darf humor are displayed in the first monograph on Roxy Paine's acclaimed art. Working at the intersection between nature and technology, Paine creates art that exposes the paradoxes inherent in our relationships with the natural and industrial worlds. Paines pieces can take the form of startlingly realistic representations of plant life or robotic art-manufacturing machinery, though his best-known sculptures'stainless steel trees installed in natural settings'straddle both approaches. This book presents works from each series of Paines oeuvre to date and provides critical analysis by Eleanor Heartney. The artists works raise existential questions about our place in the natural order and the extent to which we can draw a firm line between the processes of nature and those of technology. This beautifully-designed volume will introduce readers to one of the most exciting artists at work today.