Naufus Ramírez-Figueroa
Naufus Ramírez-Figueroa
2018
This first major monograph on Guatemalan multimedia artist Naufus Ramírez-Figueroa contextualizes his works in performance, sculpture, drawing, and printmaking of the past ten years. Ramírez-Figueroa's installations often combine sculpture and aspects of avant-garde theatre to allude to traumatic events that have shaped the political climate of present-day Guatemala. Ramírez-Figueroa expands on references to literature, folklore, magic and childhood memories. For this catalog, Catherine Wood, Senior Curator of Performance at Tate Modern, considers the artist's work through the lens of performance art, while Guatemalan Garifuna poet Wingston Gonzalez takes up its connections to the legacy of experimental theatre in Latin America. Natalie Bell, Associate Curator at the New Museum, contributes an essay surveying selected bodies of work, and Kunsthalle Lissabon directors João Mourão and Luís Silva contribute an interview with the artist.
Artbook
Artbook
Identifier
L0267Call Number
N6578 R36 A4 2018Extent
184 pages : illustrations ; softcover 24.5 cmLanguage
ISBN
9780985448578Place of Publication
New York, NY / Lisbon, PortugalPublication Type
PrintArtist
Naufus Ramírez-FigueroaCollection
grunt gallery LibraryCopyright New Museum, New York and Kunsthalle Lissabon, Lisbon.