Venezuelan artist Arthur Herrera (Caracas, 1959) visited the Alicante Museum of Contemporary Art (MACA) last summer, where some of his works can be found in the Jenkins-Romero Collection. His enthusiasm for what he found in this center made him Donate a set of bibliographies to supplement its fund. And last October 25th I sent a letter to deliver book of authorship and ownership by two artistsparticipating in another already in production, which are outstanding parts of its production rotten.
Donation of these two books, whose acceptance will be confirmed on Tuesday Alicante City Council Board of Directors, It is carried out for the purpose of its preservation, preservation, research and display at MACA.
Living between Berlin and New York, the artist has already invested money in the Alicante museum. Soave sia il vento2016 parts and SeasonIt was made between 2019-2020.
Herrera has received several awards, including a scholarship, among others. Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst (DAAD). He opened personal exhibitions in Center d’Art Contemporain, Geneva; Dia Center for the Arts, New York; Galician Center for Contemporary Art, Santiago de Compostela; Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; UCLA, the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles, and the PS1 Center for Contemporary Art in Long Island City; among others. His work appeared Whitney Biennial (2002).
In 2003 she moved to Berlin for residency through the German Academic Exchange Service and settled there.
Its creation takes place in a variety of environments such as: Studies on collage, paper, sculpture, mural and photography. His sculptures-paintings, which are close to iconographic deconstruction, have a character that combines innocent and childlike images with violent images, process Art, hang from walls paint flaking or disembodied fur, things that are abstracted and smudge the gaze.
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