Rachel Harrison

"The Honey Collector" (2002), by New York sculptor Rachel Harrison, is a grayish-purple monolith that holds an eclectic selection of squeeze-bottle honey bears on its front, and a flyer for a "reliable cat-sitter," which helpfully includes tear-off phone number tabs, on its back. Harrison has made her career with these Minimalist-inspired works--which she updates with all manner of found elements besides honey bears, like Calvin Klein underwear packaging or photos of the teenage pop supergroup, Hanson. In a very tantalizing way, she takes the air out of the serious formalist legacy that inspires her sculptural forms by forcing them to do double-duty as mounts for such kitschy readymades. Harrison's newest work is a garish melange of colors, and includes even more unlikely everyday elements, such as canned Arnold Palmer tea, a hypodermic needle and a thermostat. This highly anticipated monograph includes a text by writer and artist John Kelsey.