Alyson Shotz: Force of Nature

This comprehensive monograph accompanies Alyson Shotz: Force of Nature, the first major survey exhibition to examine the artist’s prolific body of work in depth. Despite Shotz’s impressive exhibition history at institutions including the Guggenheim Museum, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, and the Phillips Collection, this publication represents the first scholarly investigation to contextualize her practice within both her own artistic development and the broader history of art. Featuring more than fifty works created between 2010 and the present, the exhibition and catalogue illuminate the interconnected threads running through Shotz’s diverse output.

Through essays by curator Tracy L. Adler, who has followed the artist’s work for over fifteen years, along with contributions by Mark Sloan, Nat Trotman, and Veronica Roberts, this volume explores how Shotz’s experimental practice bridges art and science, combining aspects of theoretical mathematics, physics, and scientific methodology with investigations of space, light, and perception. Working across media including sculpture, photography, printmaking, and animation, Shotz creates works that challenge our understanding of natural phenomena while raising questions about the boundaries between the natural and artificial. From her monumental Three Fold installation at Stanford University to her conceptual Imaginary Sculptures series, the publication reveals how Shotz’s empirical approach to artmaking continues to push the boundaries of contemporary sculpture.

Published by the Ruth and Elmer Museum of Art at Hamilton College, 2015

Essays by Tracy Adler, Veronica Roberts, and Nat Trotman

Designed by Tim Laun and Natalie Wedeking

Edited by SNAP Editions

Fully illustrated, 169 pages

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