Magdalena Suarez Frimkess: The Finest Disregard
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Author: Frimkess, Magdalena Suarez
This book presents the work of Venezuelan artist Magdalena Suarez Frimkess and features a selection of her works from the ’70s to the present, including utilitarian objects, decorative figures and tiles. Her pieces are imbued with an equal sense of humour and dread. Their fragility and precarity increase the expressive power of these funny, outrageous, grotesque objects, which often seem as though they might collapse before our eyes at any moment. Edited with text by José Luis Blondet. Foreword by Michael Govan. Text by Luz Carabaño, Carribean Fragoza, Karin Gulbran, Jenni Sorkin, Ricky Swallow, Jonas Wood, Shio Kusaka.In Suarez's studio, one is likely to encounter figurines inspired by Japanese horses or vintage American cartoons; vases ornamented with patterns from the ancient Americas; and tiles, plates and cups decorated with flowers or scenes from her life in Venice. A trio of characters recur throughout her oeuvre: a distressed Olive Oyl, an oblivious Minnie Mouse and the savvy Condorito—a Chilean cartoon from the ’50s that is still very popular in Latin America. Frimkess affirms the wisdom of these cartoons; in her eyes, they are philosophers.
ISBN 9781636810645. DelMonico Books/Los Angeles County Museum of Art. hb. 128 pages. 107 colour ills. 25.4 x 22.2 cm.
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This book presents the work of Venezuelan artist Magdalena Suarez Frimkess and features a selection of her works from the ’70s to the present, including utilitarian objects, decorative figures and tiles. Her pieces are imbued with an equal sense of humour and dread. Their fragility and precarity increase the expressive power of these funny, outrageous, grotesque objects, which often seem as though they might collapse before our eyes at any moment. Edited with text by José Luis Blondet. Foreword by Michael Govan. Text by Luz Carabaño, Carribean Fragoza, Karin Gulbran, Jenni Sorkin, Ricky Swallow, Jonas Wood, Shio Kusaka.In Suarez's studio, one is likely to encounter figurines inspired by Japanese horses or vintage American cartoons; vases ornamented with patterns from the ancient Americas; and tiles, plates and cups decorated with flowers or scenes from her life in Venice. A trio of characters recur throughout her oeuvre: a distressed Olive Oyl, an oblivious Minnie Mouse and the savvy Condorito—a Chilean cartoon from the ’50s that is still very popular in Latin America. Frimkess affirms the wisdom of these cartoons; in her eyes, they are philosophers.
ISBN 9781636810645. DelMonico Books/Los Angeles County Museum of Art. hb. 128 pages. 107 colour ills. 25.4 x 22.2 cm.
available