Alex Da Corte
Rubber Pencil Devil
This volume accompanies Alex Da Corte's ambitious 2025 presentation at Glenstone Museum, which marks the first installation of Rubber Pencil Devil (Hell House) (2022), a 17-foot-tall neon-covered house commissioned by Glenstone. The sculpture holds Da Corte's groundbreaking video work Rubber Pencil Devil (2018), which was originally presented at the 57th Carnegie International in 2018. At nearly three hours long, the video is composed of 57 vignettes that reflect on the concept of "America" through uncanny, tender and at times violent scenes.
Including previously unpublished archival documents alongside comprehensive new photographs of costumes, props and installations, this volume marks the first in-depth study of Rubber Pencil Devil.
Foreword by Emily Wei Rales; introduction by Mia Matthias, text by David Getsy, Ingrid Schaffner, and Simon Wu. Ingrid Schaffner and David Getsy expand upon Da Corte's artistic trajectory over the past two decades, while author Simon Wu uses the artwork as a point of creative departure for an original piece of fiction.
Alex Da Corte, Emily Wei Rales, Mia Matthias, David Getsy, and Ingrid Schaffner, 2025
Hardcover 400 pages
Publisher: Glenstone Museum
ISBN: 9798987425442
