Description:
Angelica Mesiti is one of the leading Australian artists of her generation. This beautiful book coincides with her first major exhibition in the UK, at the Talbot Rice Gallery.
In the Round offers a window onto different elements of Mesiti's practice: from the communication of trees and the vision of bees; to the occupation and performance of resistance in the halls of democracy; to the migration of people, customs and music. Her artworks mine histories and perform messages, with sound, vocalisation and percussion running throughout the exhibition.
The conversation and essays in this book - by the artist, leading cultural commentators, academics and the exhibition curator - provide a diverse array of entry points into Mesiti's practice.
This richly illustrated catalogue is a kaleidoscopic tapestry of the artists own work alongside almost 50 items from across the University of Edinburgh's vast collections.
Brief description: Angelica Mesiti's previous solo exhibitions include Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, Auckland, NZ (2020); Australian Pavilion, 58th International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia, Venice, IT (2019); Palais de Tokyo, Paris, FR (2019); Art Sonje Centre, Seoul, SKR (2018); O Space, Aarhus, DK (2017); Nikolaj Kunsthal, Copenhagen, DK (2015); Musée d'Art Contemporain de Montréal, Montréal, CA (2014). Recent group exhibitions include The Musical Brain, High Line, New York, USA (2021); A Story for the Future, Fondazione MAXXI, Rome, IT (2021); Words at an Exhibition, Busan Biennale, Busan, SKR (2020); The Future of Silence, Nam June Paik Art Centre, Yongin, SKR (2020); Time Cubism, Gwangju Museum of Art, Gwangju, SKR (2019); Divided Worlds, Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art, Adelaide, AU (2018); You Imagine What You Desire, 19th Biennale of Sydney, Sydney, AU (2014); Mom, am I barbarian?, 13th Istanbul Biennial, Istanbul, TR (2013); Re: emerge, Towards a New Cultural Cartography, 11th Sharjah Biennale, Sharjah, UAE (2013). Her major works include ASSEMBLY (2019), commissioned for the 58th Biennale di Venezia; Mother Tongue (2017), a commissioned for the European Capital of Culture, Aarhus (2017); Relay League (2016), and The Colour of Saying (2015). She lives and works in Paris and Sydney.