The final volume in a trilogy of artist's books by Marie Lund,
Scout documents a series of
sculptures set in a roofless exhibition space in Merida, Mexico. It includes a text by artist and writer Jesper List Thomsen on another series of sculptures exhibited at Villa Giulia, in Palermo.
For five months, it rained every day in the Yucatan peninsula. Following the downpour, an extreme heat. Set in a roofless exhibition space in Merida, Marie Lund's sculptures echo this tropical cycle. Scout is the third instalment of Marie Lund's artist book trilogy, following Turtles (2011) and Drums (2014). Central to the publication is a new text by Jesper List Thomsen, “Avoiding The Genius.” Like a drawing, the text traces the outline and follows the lines, the folds and the features of the sculptures in the garden of Villa Giulia, in Palermo. MIDI is an imprint of Mousse Publishing edited and designed by Åbäke.
Published following the eponymous exhibition at Jose Garcia, Merida, Mexico, in 2016.
Born 1976 in Hundested, Denmark, Marie Lund lives and works in London. Her work has been shown extensively, in solo shows among other at Proyectos Monclova, Mexico City, Croy Nielsen, Berlin, Laura Bartlett Gallery, London, and IMO Projects, Copenhagen, and in group shows at Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit, Sorø Kunstmuseum, Denmark, CCA Wattis, San Francisco, Cologne Kunstverein, Kunsthalle Mulhouse, etc.
