Nicole Eisenman: Maker's Muck

Authors from Hannah Black to Sheila Heti explore the resonances of Eisenman's enigmatic sculptural ensemble

At the center of New York-based artist Nicole Eisenman's (born 1965) sculpture Maker's Muck, an outsize plaster figure sits hunched over a potter's wheel, on which a mound of ersatz clay interminably spins. The floor teems with sculptures. Some of the pieces are fully rendered and recognizable: an owl, a ketchup bottle. For this publication, Eisenman has invited 15 authors to follow th...