Arturo Herrera : you go first / [essay by Friedrich Meschede ; translated from German by Lucinda Rennison].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Herrera, Arturo, 1959-

Contributor:

Meschede, Friedrich.

Language:

English

German

Subjects (All):

Herrera, Arturo, 1959-.

Herrera, Arturo.

Physical Description:

1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly color illustrations ; 32 cm

Other Title:

You go first

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : D.A.P./Distributed Art Publishers, [2005]

Summary:

Cartoons meets Surrealism by way of Abstract Expressionism in Arturo Herrera's multi-layered body of work, an oeuvre which progresses through specific stages of abstraction. "You Go First is devoted to the primary and most essential stage of Herrera's production: collage making. In his subversive paper and gouache combinations, Herrera abstracts barely recognizable childhood imagery into sly, formal adventures in vanguard two-dimensionality. Memories of once-familiar illustrations are triggered; recalling them fills in the blanks created by Herrera's cutting and pasting. Other phases of his art-making process push further and further from the original found imagery, such as "Snow White and the Seven Dwarves, to create completely abstract-seeming wall works and MDF sculptures. "You Go First features nearly 100 collages produced during 2002, sequenced and selected by the artist himself.

Contents:

Plates

Look : on the collages of Arturo Herrera / by Friedrich Meschede.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1891024787

OCLC:

55077634