GBP 27.00
Temples is the first artist book by Daiga Grantina, delving particularly into the meditative small-scale sculptures that deviate from her larger installations that the artist is known for her intricate and vibrant sculptural environments. Published in 2021, the book features Grantina’s poetry alongside essays by Angelina Volk and Jo-ey Tang. Temples explore sculptural and poetic themes of organic growth, texture, and the interplay of light and shadow.
The works are characterized by their use of diverse materials, including textiles, plastics, and metals, arranged in flowing, biomorphic forms that evoke natural landscapes and ecosystems. Grantina’s practice investigates the encounters between materials to propose a synthetic concept of the many relationships that shape our world. Operating with an openness that manifests the infinite potential of plastic form, Grantina’s sculptures are structural ideas extended from phenomenological experience.
Her subtle and associative mode of making encourages an exercise of expanded vision that asks questions about what space is available for thinking about matter beyond material.