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Adrián Villar Rojas

By Carolyn Christov Bakargiev and Eungie Joo and Hans Ulrich Obrist
Series: Phaidon Contemporary Artists Series
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Adrián Villar Rojas' works create imaginative worlds through vast clay installations. These monumental pieces are designed to be temporary, fading or decaying with time, exploring themes of obsolescence, extinction, and the boundless scope of human creativity. This book presents a comprehensive collection of his major projects displayed at renowned international art events such as the Venice and Shanghai Biennials and Documenta.
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Ideal for enthusiasts of contemporary art, sculpture, and those interested in experimental and ephemeral artistic practices.

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The first book to explore the fascinating career and fantasy-driven worlds created by the acclaimed Argentinean artist

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Adrián Villar Rojas works concoct imaginary realms. Usually made from clay, his colossal installations are non-permanent and non-collectable, as they disappear or decay over time. His practice confronts the public with ideas of obsolescence and extinction, but also with the possibilities of humankind and its endless imagination.

This is the first book to include all of Villar Rojas' most significant projects, featured in international biennials such as Venice, Documenta, Shanghai, and others.

Series: Phaidon Contemporary Artists Series

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Trebuchet magazine describes Villar Rojas as "an artist quite unlike anyone else," whose creations stand out as some of the most distinctive and memorable artworks of the last twenty years.

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780714875019

Publisher: Phaidon Press Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 17 January 2020

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Phaidon Press Ltd

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 16.0mm

Width: 250.0mm

Height: 290.0mm

Weight: 1048g

Pages: 160

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Arts & Culture Carolyn Christov Bakargiev Eungie Joo Hans Ulrich Obrist Non-Fiction Series: Phaidon Contemporary Artists Series

About the Author

Hans Ulrich Obrist is co-director of exhibitions and programmes and director of international projects at the Serpentine Gallery, London. Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev is director of the Museum Castello di Rivoli in Turin. She was the artistic director of Documenta (13), 2012. Eungie Joo is contemporary art curator at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. Joo was director and curator at the New Museum in New York from 2007 to 2012.

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