{"product_id":"nihilistic-optimistic","title":"Nihilistic Optimistic","description":"\u003cp\u003eEnglish, Hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e26.2 x 26.2 cm\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e104 pages\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublished October 2012 by Blain|Southern\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eISBN 10: 0956990452  \/ ISBN 13: 9780956990457\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublished on the occasion of the Nihilistic Optimistic exhibition at Blain|Southern, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cem\u003ethis publication includes texts by Gustav Metzger and Jon Savage, and an interview with the artists and Hans-Ulrich Obrist.  \u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eNihilistic Optimistic\u003c\/em\u003e features six large-scale works; the show builds upon Noble \u0026amp; Webster’s sustained investigation into self-portraiture, further deconstructing the relationship between materiality and form which has been so intrinsic to their practice.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eConstructed principally from discarded wood and other materials, the artists describe these sculptures as ‘street compositions’. Each work appears abstracted or even unfinished as the debris of the artists’ studio – gathered sawdust, wood shavings and tools – lie scattered around the sculptures. A sense of urban chaos is implicit within the construction of the surrounding gallery environment.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe dualistic title, \u003cem\u003eNihilistic Optimistic\u003c\/em\u003e, responds to the oppositional forces present within these works; the show is at once constructive and destructive, hopeful and despairing. Light and shadow, form and absence, figuration and abstraction all inform one another and exist in a constant state of tension.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tim Noble \u0026 Sue Webster","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39600082747557,"sku":"","price":30.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0558\/4941\/8917\/products\/9780956990457R.jpg?v=1617977112","url":"https:\/\/shop.timnobleandsuewebster.com\/products\/nihilistic-optimistic","provider":"Tim Noble \u0026 Sue Webster","version":"1.0","type":"link"}