untitled

Claudia Casarino, artist

born 1974

untitled, 1998

Portfolio/Series title: Murder Portfolio

Where object was made: United States

Material/technique: embossing; wove paper

Dimensions:
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 305 x 254 mm
Sheet/Paper Dimensions (Height x Width): 305 x 254 mm
Sheet/Paper Dimensions (Height x Width): 12 x 10 in

Credit line: Gift of the KU Art Department, Intaglio Area

Accession number: 1998.0041.02

Not on display

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With the mere pressure applied by the printing plate, Paraguayan artist Claudia Casarino creates the impression of a folded shirt that belonged to a deceased boy. She printed this work when she was still a student in Paraguay. While making a social critique against physical violence, this work is contemplative and intimate. In the two most recent decades, she has continued to explore this theme in relation to other social issues. Other works by Casarino also engage with themes relating to clothes. For her 2017 solo show Sleep Disorder at Haw Contemporary in Kansas City, she restaged her installation that addresses the violence of human trafficking and the gendered rhetoric of clothing.