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Federico Herrero

Title
Federico Herrero / [editor, Sies + Hoke]
Author
Herrero, Federico, 1978-
Publication
Dortmund : Verlag Kettler, ©2017.

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Sies + Höke (Gallery)
Description
311 pages : color illustrations; 28 cm
Summary
Federico Herrero (born 1978 in Costa Rica) is one of Latin America's most eminent contemporary artists. In 2001, at the age of only twenty, he won the award for best young artist (today's Silver Lion) at the Venice Biennale curated by Harald Szeemann. His home town of San José is an important point of reference for him and serves as a kind of laboratory for his explorations of the world. Despite being firmly anchored in the international art scene, he still lives and works in his native environment.Herrero paints abstract and colourful paintings exclusively of landscapes. He sometimes uses canvasses in extremely large formats, but also creates works in the public sphere. Whether painting high-rise façades in São Paulo, bridge piers in Columbia or fishermen's huts in Basel, he always engages in a productive dialogue with architecture. His paintings are not meant to be elitist but part of everyday life. He aims to get involved, often selecting deprived areas and inviting local young people to take part in his work. His art is not designed to change society, but to provide opportunities for critical perception.
Subject
  • Herrero, Federico, 1978- > Catalogs
  • Herrero, Federico, 1978- > Interviews
  • Herrero, Federico, 1978-
Genre/Form
  • Catalogs.
  • Interviews.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Call Number
JQF 18-502
ISBN
  • 9783862066681
  • 3862066681
OCLC
995043471
Author
Herrero, Federico, 1978-
Title
Federico Herrero / [editor, Sies + Hoke]
Imprint
Dortmund : Verlag Kettler, ©2017.
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
Added Author
Sies + Höke (Gallery)
Research Call Number
JQF 18-502
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