Ken Tisa: Objects/Time/Offerings

Born in Philadelphia in 1945, Ken Tisa, a painter, potter, and collector, has compiled a book of all the things he has collected from around the world, including Haiti, Africa, and the Czech Republic, along with an oral history interview by writer Svetlana Kitto. This work was created when an exhibition of the same name was held at New York gallery Gordon Robichaux in 2017.


Objects/Time/Offerings presents the archive of artist Ken Tisa. An acclaimed painter and ceramist, Tisa has spent decades traveling and collecting artifacts, handicrafts, dolls, puppets, gag gifts, and unique objects from around the world. This book presents a small slice of Tisa's extensive, obsessive, collection of objects. Objects hail from across the globe: Haiti, Java, Czech Republic, Africa, Argentina, from a time before the handicraft industry was commodified by tourism. This full color book presents images of Tisa's archives photographed by Josie Keefe juxtaposed with personal photos and early ephemeral installations. All the images are framed and contextualized by an extensive oral history interview with Tisa by Svetlana Kitto.

31 × 37.5 cm, Softcover, 2021,