{"id":36770,"date":"2025-09-22T17:22:08","date_gmt":"2025-09-22T17:22:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/36770\/"},"modified":"2025-09-22T17:22:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-22T17:22:08","slug":"stephanie-kilgasts-book-utopia-chronicles-ten-years-of-vibrant-post-apocalyptic-sculptures-colossal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/36770\/","title":{"rendered":"St\u00e9phanie Kilgast’s Book ‘Utopia’ Chronicles Ten Years of Vibrant, Post-Apocalyptic Sculptures \u2014 Colossal"},"content":{"rendered":"

In St\u00e9phanie Kilgast<\/a>\u2019s vibrant yet poignant pieces, a speculative future without humans gives rise to unusual relationships. \u201cIn my artwork, humanity is absent, leaving behind its legacy of objects, buildings, and trash,\u201d the artist says. She continues:<\/p>\n

Flora and fauna are taking over. Animals, mushrooms, lichens, plants, and corals are inhabiting every nook and cranny, thus creating new habitats. This symbiosis between the object and the growing environment reflects the balance and respect that humanity has lost, and that I symbolically recreate in my work by expressing hope, joy, and the beauty of nature in an explosion of color.<\/p>\n

Kilgast\u2019s lighthearted, vivd, post-apocalytpic sculptures<\/a> often include objects we tend to find discarded along the side of the road, like aluminum cans or glass bottles. Uncanny habitats also emerge around outmoded items like VHS tapes, portable CD players, or alarm clocks, which people rarely have a need for anymore thanks to smartphones or streaming services.<\/p>\n

\"a\u201cCycle\u201d (2025)<\/p>\n

The artist has also recently announced a new book, Utopia, which chronicles the last ten years of her work. The volume brings together a decade of sculptures, paintings, and sketchbook pages, complemented by essays and a complete catalogue of her pieces.<\/p>\n

Utopia will print if at least 150 pre-orders are made by October 3. Dibs your copy today via Dashbook<\/a>. Orders are anticipated to ship in December. Explore more on the artist\u2019s website<\/a> and Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"aFront view of \u201cPlastic Play\u201d (2022)<\/p>\n

\"a\u201cAlice Following the White Rabbit\u201d (2023)<\/p>\n

\"a\u201cChemical Candy Dragonfly\u201d (2024)<\/p>\n

\"a\u201cSnapshot\u201d (2024)<\/p>\n

\"a\u201cMoving Pictures\u201d (2024)<\/p>\n

\"a\u201cCopper\u201d (2024)<\/p>\n

\"aRear view of \u201cPlastic Play\u201d (2022)<\/p>\n

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