Carlos estevez : bottles to the sea / Edited by Jorge J. E. Gracia, Translations by David E. Johnson, Paula Cucurella.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gracia, Jorge J. E., editor.

Johnson, David E., 1959- translator.

Series:

SUNY series in Latin American and Iberian thought and culture.

SUNY series in Latin American and Iberian thought and culture

Language:

English

Spanish

Subjects (All):

Ocean bottles in art.

Installations (Art)--Cuba.

Installations (Art).

Estévez, Carlos, 1969- Bottles to the sea.

Estévez, Carlos.

Estévez, Carlos, 1969---Criticism and interpretation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (170 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Albany, New York : State University of New York Press, [2015]

Language Note:

Artist's statement in Spanish and English.

Summary:

This book presents the complex art installation of Cuban American artist Carlos Estévez, which deals with elaborate explorations on the metaphor of launching bottles to the sea. The artist launches one hundred drawings enclosed in bottles at different parts of the world at different times and occasions. After a short preface, acclaimed art critic and philosopher Jorge J. E. Gracia provides an introductory essay in order to suggest possible interpretive avenues that may be used to delve into the symbolism of the installation. The rest of the book consists of color reproductions of Estévez's drawings, which are accompanied by English translations of the text found in the drawings, as well as transcriptions of the original Spanish text.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

Preface

Introduction

artist statement

Presentación del artista

Messages

Bibliography

Artist Biography

Biographies

Index of Messages

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781438458007

1438458002