Katherine Botten
Katherine Botten is an artist and writer living in Melbourne. Generating value from damage through the mechanisms of art production, it is a question of the work if participating in that system could offer freedom or transcendence beyond its co-dependence on an inspiring trauma. Her MFA thesis “Spiritual Povera” uses R.D. Laing’s book ‘The Divided Self’ (1970) as guide, in a 3700+ page document, simultaneously an exegesis and an artwork in-and-of-itself. The term “Spiritual Povera” embodies both too much abject-life in the work, and too little distance from reified capitalism.
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Katherine Botten, BPD 1994
Ink on paper
29.7 x 42 cm
Katherine Botten, BPD 1994 (2)
Ink on paper
29.7 x 42 cm
Katherine Botten, Rothko
Acrylic and oil on canvas, fabric
60 x 50 cm
Katherine Botten, Povera Angel
Acrylic and oil on canvas
60 x 50 cm
Katherine Botten, Drowning
Acrylic and oil on canvas, fabric
45 x 35 cm
Katherine Botten, Hillsong
Acrylic and oil on canvas, fabric
45 x 35 cm
Katherine Botten, Installation view 1
Katherine Botten, Installation view 2
Katherine Botten, Installation view 3
Katherine Botten, Installation view 4
Katherine Botten, Installation view 5
Katherine Botten, Installation view 6
