Hardback, full colour and black and white images, 80 pages, W164 x H236mm
Arturo Herrera's work involves taking familiar imagery, often sourced from popular culture, and deconstructing it, only to recombine it with references from modernist abstraction and surrealism. These fragments, reconfigured by the artist through densely layered cut, painted and printed paper, result in rich and abstract hybrids. Well-known cartoon motifs are meticulously dissected to the point where they become barely recognisable.
This catalogue, which coincided with Herrera’s 2007 exhibition at Ikon, features a foreword by Ikon Director, Jonathan Watkins and informative essays by Dave Hickey, Juan Ledezma and Elizabeth Fisher, a list of works, a biography and colour and black and white images including digital stills from Les Noces, the artist’s first ever video animation, commissioned by Ikon for the exhibition.