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Olga de Amaral

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Gathering around a hundred works as well as many archive photographs, this book on artist Olga de Amaral retraces the evolution of her practice over time and the major role she played in the revolution of Fiber Art. Olga de Amaral is an emblematic figure of... Read More
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Gathering around a hundred works as well as many archive photographs, this book on artist Olga de Amaral retraces the evolution of her practice over time and the major role she played in the revolution of Fiber Art.

Olga de Amaral is an emblematic figure of the Colombian art scene and Fiber Art. Unclassifiable, her work borrows as much from Modernist principles as from her cultural heritage and traditional Colombian weaving techniques. A contemporary of Magdalena Abakanowicz and Sheila Hicks, she participated in the revolution of Fiber Art in the 1960s and 1970s.

Amaral's hand-woven works combine natural fibres, paint, plaster, and precious metals, and reflect her interest in architecture and geometry. While her early works featured geometric motifs and bright colours, those of the 1970s marked the start of her research on three-dimensionality, with works that free themselves from the wall to invade space. She then returned to a more human and intimate scale, with colours inspired by Colombian landscapes.

From October 2024 to March 2025, the Fondation Cartier unveils the full richness and power of Amaral's art in her first major retrospective in Europe. Bringing together historical works never presented outside Colombia, as well as contemporary pieces with vibrant shapes and colours, the exhibition highlights the artist's career-long experimentation with materials, scale, and three-dimensionality.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9782869251854

Publisher: Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 10 October 2024

Country: France

Imprint: Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain

Illustration: 220 Illustrations

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 220.0mm

Height: 290.0mm

Weight: 1380g

Pages: 300

About the Author

Ann Coxon is Curator of International Art at Tate Modern, London. She has a long-standing interest and specialism in textile-based practices. Coxon curated the exhibition Magdalena Abakanowicz at Tate Modern in 2022, which traveled to the Musée cantonal des Beaux-Arts, Lausanne, Switzerland and the Henie Onstad Art Center, Høvikodden, Norway in 2023. She has curated numerous exhibitions and displays at Tate Modern, including Dorothea Tanning (2019), Anni Albers (2018), Beyond Craft (2017), Alexander Calder: Performing Sculpture (2015), and Saloua Raouda Choucair (2013). She has published two books: Motherhood (London: Tate Publishing, 2023) and Louise Bourgeois (London: Tate Publishing, 2010) and is currently writing a PhD thesis on textile art in Europe from 1960 to 1979.

María Wills Londoño is a Colombian art researcher and curator. Her major exhibition projects offer reflections on the unstable condition of the contemporary image and alternative views of urban themes in Latin America. She is head of the department of arts (museums and collections) of the Banco de la República in Bogotá since 2020. She curated several exhibitions across the world, including Urbes Mutantes (Museo de arte del Banco de la República, Bogota, 2013 / International Center of Photography, New York, 2014), Latin Fire. Otras fotografías de un continente (CentroCentro, Madrid, 2015), Fernell Franco Cali Clair-Obscur (Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain, Paris / Centro de la Imagen, Mexico, 2016), The Life of Things (Momenta Biennale de l'image, Montreal, 2019), and Sembrar la duda: indicios sobre las representaciones indígenas en Colombia (Museo de Arte Miguel Urrutia - MAMU, Bogotá, 2023). She is the author of The Four Evangelists: Consolidation Process of Exhibition Curating in Colombia (Barcelona: Editorial Planeta) published in 2018.

Marie Perennès is curator at the Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain in Paris.

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