Michael Lucero : sculpture 1976-1995 /
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| Author / Creator: | Leach, Mark Richard. |
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Imprint: | New York : Hudson Hills Press, c1996. |
| Description: | 159 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 32 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/2459328 |
| Summary: | Lucero's colorful, imaginative sculptures and ceramics synthesize diverse forms and influences?bottle trees and face jugs inspired by African art; a hanging ram and blood-red sacred hearts with roots in Mexico; looming stick figures suggestive of Native American rock art; delicate totem poles that evoke Pacific Northwest Indian cultures. Hybrid animals, found objects, jug-headed infants in baby carriages and dreamers who externalize the contents of their dreams in multilayered glazes animate the work of this California-born artist, now living in New York. Cataloging a traveling exhibition that opened at the Mint Museum of Art (Charlotte, N.C.), this volume reproduces 47 of Lucero's glazed ceramic, bronze and mixed-media creations in full-page color plates. Co-curator Bloemink finds pervasive echoes of surrealism and Dada in Lucero's improvisations. Art historian Lippard relates his themes of intercultural exchange to his family history; his ancestors, practicing Sephardic Jews, escaped persecution in Spain by migrating to New Mexico. Also included is an interview with Lucero by Leach, the exhibit's curator. 74 colour & 58 b/w illustrations |
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| Item Description: | Catalog of a traveling exhibition first held at the Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte, North Carolina, Mar. 16-June 9, 1996 and at four others through April 1998. |
| Physical Description: | 159 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 32 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 151-153) and index. |
| ISBN: | 1555951260 1555951279 |