Arturo Herrera: You Go First

Meschede, Friedrich & Arturo Herrera

ISBN 10: 1891024787 / ISBN 13: 9781891024788

Published by D. A. P. /Distributed Art Publishers, Inc., New York, 2004

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Still in shrinkwrap. ; Illustrations ; 4to; 120 pages.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Arturo Herrera: You Go First
• Publisher: D. A. P. /Distributed Art Publishers, Inc., New York
• Publication Date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1891024787
• ISBN 13: 9781891024788
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket As Issued
• Weight: 4 pounds
• Seller catalogs:
  • Art/Art Theory/Art History/Decorative Arts

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Synopsis

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.