BERNIE KAMINSKI | Books | SHELF

April 21 - May 31, 2024

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I work with paper mache and I enjoy finding new and interesting ways to use the medium. I’ll look at a toothpaste tube or a pair of shoes or a stack of paperbacks and then spend days thinking about how to construct them. I obsess over the subjects and have various ideas about why I chose them, but it’s mostly a form of escapism. 

Bernie Kaminski started making paper mache sculptures after his daughter brought home a paper mache seahorse she’d made in grade school. The piece inspired him to create paper mache versions of everyday objects in his apartment. His first solo exhibition was held at New York’s Turn Gallery in 2022. He lives and works in New York City.