Tactile Communication Systems

This first monograph by N. Dash provides a comprehensive overview of the work of this emerging American artist, whose work operates within diverse media and materials. In her abstract and process-oriented works, N. Dash uses natural as well as man-made substances such as pigments, clay, jute, graphite, fabric, string, Styrofoam, or found objects to explore intuitive, touch-based communication systems. With her focus on the visual and tactile qualities of material, N. Dash’s work combines the raw with the sensitive, the abject with the beautiful. The text contributions place her work in art historical and anthropological contexts.