Abraham Cruzvillegas
Subtitle: The Autoconstrucción Suites
By: Edited by Clara Kim ; Texts by Abraham Cruzvillegas, Patricia Falguières, Verónica Gerber Bicecci, Sergio González Rodríguez, Catalina Lozano and David Miranda
Contributors: Walker Art Center
Edition: First Edition.
Publisher: Walker Art Center
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Minneapolis
Language: eng
Number of pages: 239
ISBN-13: 9781935963059
Subjects: Exhibitions; Conceptual art
Other titles: Abraham Cruzvillegas. Spanish.
Work titles: Abraham Cruzvillegas (Walker Art Center)
Description: Abraham Cruzvillegas (b. 1968) is one of the most important conceptual artists of his generation to come out of the vibrant art scene in Mexico. Over the past 10 years, Cruzvillegas has developed a riveting body of work that investigates what he calls autoconstrucción, or 'self-construction.' Informed by the sociopolitical contexts of Latin America, Cruzvillegas has garnered much attention for his dynamic assemblage sculptures made of found objects. Interested in improvised building materials and techniques, he roots his sculptural practice within the urban landscape of his childhood home in Ajusco, a district in the south of Mexico City. To this day, Ajusco's landscape of volcanic rock remains a work in process, with structures in a constant state of transformation as additions are made when materials become available and necessity dictates. This way of constructing has become the basis of Cruzvillegas' own thinking and methodology, while operating as a rich metaphor for the articulation of individual identity and place. Featuring 30 to 35 individual sculptures and installations, along with his recent experiments in video, film, and performance, Abraham Cruzvillegas: The Autoconstrucción Suites is the first major presentation to shed light on the artist's unique vision and multifaceted practice.--http://www.walkerart.org.
Notes: "Published on the occasion of the exhibition Abraham Cruzvillegas: The Autoconstrucción Suites, curated by Clara Kim and organized by the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis."

"Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, March 23-September 22, 2013, Haus der Kunst, Munich, January 24-May 4, 2014, Fundación/Colección Jumex, Mexico City, October 9, 2014-February 2, 2015, Museo Amparo, Puebla, Mexico, October 11, 2014-February 2, 2015."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

English and Spanish.