Tooth House

London-based artist Ian Kiaer mines experiments in literature, architecture and philosophy. Tooth House accompanies an exhibition at Henry Moore Institute, 20 March – 22 June 2014, that brings together a selection of works made between 2005 and 2014.

From inflated Korean rubbish bags to office tables, fluorescent-tube packaging to swathes of plastic, deflated footballs to upturned buckets, Kiaer’s artworks draw on scale, material and encounter – key terms for the study of sculpture.

Tooth House takes as a guide the writings of architect and designer Frederick Kiesler (1890–1965), whose writings have been a great influence on post-war art, architecture and design. Central to Tooth House is an exploration of the model – a structure that enables thought to be materialised and tested.

Fully illustrated, this book includes essays by Lisa Le Feuvre (Henry Moore Institute), Fabrice Hergott (Musée d'Art moderne de la Ville de Paris), and a roundtable discussion with Ian Kiaer.