Kora: Ricardo Mazal

Carver, Jon; Shukman, Henry

ISBN 10: 1934491292 / ISBN 13: 9781934491294

Published by Fresco Fine Art Publications LLC, 2010

Inscribed and signed by Mazal on title page in black ink and dated 2012; text tight clean and unmarked, close inspection shows bottom tips of dust jacket apparently nibbled away by probably a mouse and the front bottom tip of the board has a tiny spot that was also probably chewed, dj shows ordinary mild shelf and edge wear, Very Good Plus/Good. Seller Inventory # 35480

Synopsis:

Mount Kailash in Tibet is the most venerated holy site on earth, the mountain at the center of the world for four religions, the source from which all creation sprung. In 2009 Mazal made a month-long journey to Mount Kailash, and made a kora--a circumambulation of the mountain. Peripheral elements in the local environment fired Mazal's artistic imagination: the mountain itself--a monolith of black and white; boxes of pigment in a local market; and prayer flags with incandescent displays of color, whipping out over the landscape.

Since 2003, artist Ricardo Mazal has worked in sequence on three large-scale bodies of work, each centered on a unique burial site. Kora completes this monumental trilogy, Mazal's inspired opus of large-scale paintings and photographs. Throughout his book, these visual elements create a complete and persuasive human and artistic experience.

About the Author: Jon Carver, visual artist, writer, educator and curator, has exhibited internationally, published over 500 art reviews, numerous artists' monographs, and a book on New Mexican sculptors.|Henry Shukman's poems have appeared in The New Republic, the Times, and the Guardian in London. Shukman is also the author of the poetry collection In Doctor No's Garden and a novel, The Lost City, both of which won Book of the Year in the Guardian and Times. Shukman makes his home in Santa Fe.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Kora: Ricardo Mazal
Publisher: Fresco Fine Art Publications LLC
Publication Date: 2010
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good
Signed: Signed
Edition: First Edition.