Kristin Baker

Deitch Projects, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2006

New York, Deitch Projects, Flat Out, September 2003
London, Royal Academy of Arts; St. Petersburg, The State Hermitage Museum, USA Today: New American Art from the Saatchi Gallery, October 2006 - January 2008, pp. 28-29
London, Saatchi Gallery, Abstract America Today, May - September 2014, pp. 216-217

This work is in excellent condition overall. The PVC is in two parts, which are mounted to metal panels. There is evidence of very light wear and handling along the edges and at the corners of the work. The surface texture is inherent to the artist’s working method and choice of medium. This work was not examined under Ultraviolet light inspection. Unframed.
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"Baker is one of a group of geometrically and geographically driven artists delving into the explosion of form—Julie Mehretu, Franz Ackermann, and Matthew Ritchie all come to mind. In fact, one could place the paintings in Flat Out within a recent group show entitled Global Navigation System at the Palais de Tokyo this past summer. Baker navigates abstract geometries through her flattened and fractured translations of race car disasters." Victoria Keddie, "Kristin Baker," The Brooklyn Rail, October 2003