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Zilia Sanchez - Soy Isla

English · Hardback

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Cuban artist Zilia Sanchez (b. 1926) often says, "Soy isla" ("I am an island"), expressing her desire for solitary, uncompromising practice. It also serves as a metaphor for her experience as an islander-connected to and disconnected from both the mainland and mainstream art currents, such as concretism, gestural abstraction, and minimalism. Characterized by reductive forms, clean lines, and sensuous curves suggestive of the female body, Sanchez's work frequently references protagonists from ancient mythology and lunar motifs while embracing ambiguity. This groundbreaking volume examines her paintings, sculptures, works on paper, and graphic illustrations together with archival ephemera. It traces Sanchez's artistic journey from her early years in Cuba through her travels in Europe and residence in New York in the 1960s to her move to Puerto Rico, where she still lives and works. With spectacular illustrations of more than 75 artworks, insightful essays situating Sanchez within the context of global modernism, and a conversation with the artist, this is the most comprehensive publication on Sanchez's art to date.

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Vesela Sretenovic is senior curator of modern and contemporary art at The Phillips Collection.

Product details

Authors Vesela Sretenovic
Publisher Yale University Press Ltd
 
Languages English
Product format Hardback
Released 28.02.2019
 
EAN 9780300233902
ISBN 978-0-300-23390-2
No. of pages 200
Subjects Humanities, art, music > Art > General, dictionaries

Karibik, einzelne Künstler, Künstlermonografien, Ausstellungskataloge, Museumskataloge und Sammlungen, Zweite Hälfte 20. Jahrhundert (1950 bis 1999 n. Chr.)

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