Nicole Eisenman: Maker's Muck

By Nicole Eisenman

Authors from Hannah Black to Sheila Heti explore the resonances of Eisenman's enigmatic sculptural ensemble

At the center of New York-based artist Nicole Eisenman's (born 1965) sculpture Maker's Muck, an outsize plaster figure sits hunched over a potter's wheel, on which a mound of ersatz clay interminably spins. The floor teems with sculptures. Some of the pieces are fully rendered and recognizable: an owl, a ketchup bottle. For this publication, Eisenman has invited 15 authors to follow the trajectories of Maker's Muck's various objects in essays, metafictional reflections and other experiments in interpretation.
Authors include: hannah baer, Hannah Black, Durga Chew-Bose, Sheila Heti, Alhena Katsof, Shiv Kotecha, Matt Longabucco, Sam McKinniss, Ryan McNamara, Tess Pollok, Sam Roeck, Jasmine Sanders, Cyrus Dunham, Lynne Tillman and Janique Vigier.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3906915786
• ISBN13: 9783906915784
• Release Date: September 2024
• Publisher: Hauser & Wirth Publishers
• Length: 164 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 11.5" x 9.2"