Aberth, Susan - Agustin Fernandez: The Metamorphosis of Experience

Milan, 5 Continents, 2012. Hardcover. A gray fabric casebound book. There is a dust jacket with the title in white down a black spine. Pages: (7), 8-256. Profusely illustrated with both color and black-and-white images. "At the time of his death in 2006, Agustin Fernandez ranked among Cuba's most outstanding artists. Defying simple categorization, today his work is most recognizable for its ambiguous and precariously balanced forms, erotic overtones, surreal juxtapositions, and metallic palette. In 1980 Brian de Palma's film "Dressed to Kill" famously included one of the artist's paintings, launching him into the public arena. This is the first comprehensive study of Fernandez's work, which has been exhibited and collected in major museums and private collections throughout Europe, the United States, and Latin America." Contents are as follows: Fetishized breast and the phallic woman: Agustín Fernández's surreal imagery: an introduction / Donald Kuspit -- Theater of cruelty: the impact of Parisian surrealism on Agustín Fernández / Susan L. Aberth -- Erotic encounters: Fernández and post-minimalism / Abigail McEwen -- Only in New York: Agustín Fernández and the aesthetics of subculture / Rocio Aranda-Alvarado -- I am a painter of the brush / Agustín Fernández. VG/VG: Exlibrary book. Small tear to the dust jacket on the back inside flap. Stamp on the title page. Stamp and sticker on back pasted end page. Stamp on top text block.

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