When was the last time you encountered a gigantic raw side of beef? How about an anatomically-correct side of beef hanging from a gallery ceiling by meat hooks? Such objects are part of Tamara Kostianovsky’s repertoire. Happily, the meat hunks are rendered in fabric, complete with frilly little ribbons of fat. Kostianovsky’s fabric meat project was titled “Actus Reus”, meaning “guilty act”. Fill in the blanks yourself.
Born in Jerusalem, the artist grew up in Buenos Aires and currently lives in New York. Her other endeavors include maps made of hair, sculptures made of clothing and hangers, a world map made of the artist’s own clothes with yarn and ink, and currently on view: “The Persistence of Agony”, an enormous sculpture of a bisected fin built from foam, wood and vinyl. Kostianovsky might not produce the sort of picture you’d hang above your mantle, but she certainly wins the award for most unpredictable.
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