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karla black
karla black is a scottish sculptor born in 1972 in glasgow, scotland. she creates abstract three-dimensional artworks that explore the physicality of materials as a way of understanding and communicating the world around us. black was nominated for the turner prize in 2011 and represented scotland at the venice biennale the same year. her work has been exhibited in numerous institutions, including the kestnergesellschaft in hanover, germany; the institute of contemporary art in philadelphia; the gemeentemuseum, the hague; the dallas museum of art; and the gallery of modern art, glasgow, moder…
The Subject Atlas
A chart of karla black's corpus mapped not by date but by subject. Spokes are what they painted; rings are when; and the threads between stars reveal the patrons and places that secretly connect them.
Spokes — Subject
Each arm of the atlas gathers works by what they depict: portraits, sacred scenes, mythologies, and the scientific studies. Click a spoke to swing that cluster to the top.
Rings — Career Period
Distance from the center marks time. The innermost ring is the earliest period; the outermost, the final years. Style matures as you move outward.
Threads — Shared Context
Coloured lines link works bound by the same patron, commission, or theme. Trace a context to watch related clusters light up across subjects.
