Arturo Herrera

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Arturo Herrera

Untitled
2018
collage and mixed media on paper
39 2/5 x 27 3/5 inches

Arturo Herrera

Untitled
2018
collage and mixed media on paper
39 2/5 x 27 3/5 inches

Arturo Herrera

Untitled
2018
collage and mixed media on paper
39 2/5 x 27 3/5 inches

Arturo Herrera

Untitled
2018
collage and mixed media on paper
39 2/5 x 27 3/5 inches

Arturo Herrera

Untitled
2018
collage and mixed media on paper
39 2/5 x 27 3/5 inches

Arturo Herrera

Untitled
2018
collage and mixed media on paper
39 2/5 x 27 3/5 inches

Arturo Herrera

Untitled
2018
collage and mixed media on paper
39 2/5 x 27 3/5 inches

Arturo Herrera

Untitled
2018
collage and mixed media on paper
39 2/5 x 27 3/5 inches

Arturo Herrera

Untitled
2018
collage and mixed media on paper
39 2/5 x 27 3/5 inches

Arturo Herrera

Eds Sweatered
2019
fan-folded book, collage and mixed media on paper
11 3/5 x 9 1/2 x 1 inches

Arturo Herrera

Body and Feet Positions in Relation to Line of Dance Nº 6
2019
clear and black glass panel over pencil drawing on wall
16 1/2 x 23 2/5 inches

Arturo Herrera

Body and Feet Positions in Relation to Line of Dance Nº 8
2019
clear and black glass panel over pencil drawing on wall
16 1/2 x 23 2/5 inches

Arturo Herrera

Body and Feet Positions in Relation to Line of Dance Nº 1
2019
clear and black glass panel over pencil drawing on wall
16 1/2 x 23 2/5 inches

Arturo Herrera

Body and Feet Positions in Relation to Line of Dance Nº 9
2019
clear and black glass panel over pencil drawing on wall
16 1/2 x 23 2/5 inches

Arturo Herrera

Body and Feet Positions in Relation to Line of Dance Nº 7
2019
clear and black glass panel over pencil drawing on wall
16 1/2 x 23 2/5 inches

Arturo Herrera

Body and Feet Positions in Relation to Line of Dance Nº 3
2019
clear and black glass panel over pencil drawing on wall
16 1/2 x 23 2/5 inches

Arturo Herrera

Body and Feet Positions in Relation to Line of Dance Nº 4
2019
clear and black glass panel over pencil drawing on wall
16 1/2 x 23 2/5 inches

Arturo Herrera

Body and Feet Positions in Relation to Line of Dance Nº 5
2019
clear and black glass panel over pencil drawing on wall
16 1/2 x 23 2/5 inches

Arturo Herrera

Body and Feet Positions in Relation to Line of Dance Nº 2
2019
clear and black glass panel over pencil drawing on wall
16 1/2 x 23 2/5 inches

Arturo Herrera

I Heard Them and I Still Hear Them/Elements Nº 1-7
2018
series of 7 collages on painted wood, collage and mixed media on painted wood
22 4/5 x 18 1/10 inches

Arturo Herrera

Set Design Studies for Dance/Elements Nº 1 - 15
2019
series of 15 elements, collage and mixed media on hand-made paper
19 7/10 x 29 3/10 inches

Arturo Herrera

Untitled
2017
acrylic on canvas, wood
78 7/8 x 59 inches

Arturo Herrera

Untitled
2017
acrylic on canvas, wood
63 x 47 1/4 inches

Arturo Herrera

Untitled
2014
oil and acrylic on hardcover book
7 1/2 x 4 3/4 x 1 1/2 inches

Arturo Herrera

Books, Set No. 1 of six individual sets, ‘Parsifal,’ Richard Wagner, Reclam Verlag, Stuttgart
2012
silkscreen and mixed media on paper
Book 9/10 in Set No.1 of 6
5 7/8 x 3 3/4 x 1/4 inches (148 x 96 x 5 mm)

Arturo Herrera

Books, Set No. 1 of six individual sets, ‘Buddelschiff Museum – Neuherlinger Siel,’ Herausgegeben Landmann
2012
silkscreen and mixed media on paper
Book 4/10 in Set No. 1 of 6
8 1/4 x 5 7/8 x 1/4 inches (210 x 148 x 6 mm)

Arturo Herrera

Books, Set No. 1 of six individual sets, ‘Begegnung mit Furtwängler,’ Karla Höcker, 1956 C. Bertelsmann Verlag, Gütersloh
2012
silkscreen and mixed media on paper
Book 7/10 in Set No. 1 of 6
7 1/2 x 4 3/4 x 3/8 inches (192 x 120 x 11 mm)

Arturo Herrera

Books, Set No. 1 of six individual sets, ‘Concerto No. 1 for Violin and Orchestra – Score,’ B. Bartok, 1971 Moscow
2012
silkscreen and mixed media on paper
Book 3/10 in Set No. 1 of 6
8 1/2 x 6 3/4 x 1/4 inches (214 x 169 x 7 mm)

Arturo Herrera

Books, Set No. 1 of six individual sets, ‘Federico Chopin – Un Clásico Del Sentimiento,’ Andres Ruiz Tarazona, 1976 Real Musical S.A., Madrid
2012
silkscreen and mixed media on paper
Book 6/10 in Set No. 1 of 6
6 1/4 x 4 1/2 x 1/4 inches (159 x 113 x 8 mm)

Arturo Herrera

Books, Set No. 4
2012
silkscreen and mixed media on paper
10 books, set 4 of 6
15 3/4 x 25 1/2 x 4 1/4 (artist box)

Arturo Herrera

Books, Set No. 3
2012
silkscreen and mixed media on paper
10 books, set 3 of 6
15 3/4 x 25 1/2 x 4 1/4 (artist box)

Arturo Herrera

Books, Set No. 2
2012
silkscreen and mixed media on paper
10 books, set 2 of 6
15 3/4 x 25 1/2 x 4 1/4 (artist box)

Arturo Herrera

Books, Set No. 1
2012
silkscreen and mixed media on paper
10 books, set 1 of 6
15 3/4 x 25 1/2 x 4 1/4 (artist box)

Arturo Herrera

Pfanneberg
2012
collage and mixed media on paper
13 x 17 1/4 inches

Arturo Herrera

DPL
2012
collage and mixed media on paper
14 x 17 1/4 inches

Arturo Herrera

Luigi
2012
collage and mixed media on paper
14 x 17 1/4 inches

Arturo Herrera

Hirsch
2012
collage and mixed media on paper
17 3/8 x 14 1/8 inches

Arturo Herrera

Stampatore
2012
collage and mixed media on paper
14 x 17 1/4 inches

Arturo Herrera

Books, Set #6 of Six Individual Sets, ‘Schlösser und Gärten Oranienburg, Mosikau, Wörlitz, Luisium, Georgium, Haideburg, Großkühnau,’ Fotos Klaus Nitsche, Text Georg Piltz, 1964 VEB E.A. Seemann Buch- und Kunstverlag Leipzig
2012
silkscreen and mixed media on paper
book 8 of 10 in set #6 of 6
9 1/2 x 6 1/2 x 1/4 inches (240 x 167 x 7 mm)

Arturo Herrera

Books, Set #6 of Six Individual Sets,'Carmina Burana,' Carl Orff, 1953, B.Schott’s Söhne, Mainz
2012
silkscreen and mixed media on paper
book 6 of 10 in set #6 of 6
7 3/4 x 5 1/4 x 1/4 inches (198 x 130 x 4 mm)

Arturo Herrera

Books, Set #6 of Six Individual Sets, 'Der Tod des Tristan/Idylle,' Hugo von Hofmannsthal, 1915, Insel Verlag Leipzig
2012
silkscreen and mixed media on paper
book 7 of 10 in set #6 of 6
7 1/4 x 4 3/4 x 1/4 inches (185 x 123 x 8 mm)

Arturo Herrera

Books, Set #6 of Six Individual Sets, 'Arabella, Lyrische Komödie in drei Aufzügen von Hugo von Hofmannsthal, Musik von Richard Strauß,' 1933, Verlag Adolph Fürstner, Berlin
2012
silkscreen and mixed media on paper
book 2 of 10 in set #6 of 6
7 x 4 3/4 x 1/2 inches (180 x 119 x 7 mm)

Arturo Herrera

Ariadne auf Naxos
2012
collage and mixed media on paper
three elements, 25 1/4 x 19 1/2 inches each

Arturo Herrera

Flyer
2012
collage and mixed media on paper
eight elements, 23 1/4 x 16 1/2 inches each

BIO

b. 1959, Caracas, Venezuela.
BFA, University of Tulsa (1982); MFA, University of Illinois at Chicago (1992)
Lives and works in Berlin, Germany.

Arturo Herrera has developed a multilayered body of work that includes collages, sculptures, photographs, cut felt pieces and wall works. Herrera uses a fragmented language – whose lingering references range from popular culture to art history – to decontextualize inherent narratives without eradicating the coded referentiality of the image. The resulting works shift in between the explicit and the implicit.

A pliability of meaning is played out through the ambiguity of figurative and abstract forms. These forms do not enforce a specific message. Instead, they address the fragmentation and  recomposition  of mass-culture elements to explore the impact  of the adulterated language of abstraction into the collective gaze.

Herrera’s solo and project-based exhibitions have been held at Ikon Gallery, Birmingham, UK; Kettle’s Yard, Cambridge, UK; The Art Institute of Chicago, IL; The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, CT; daadgalerie, Berlin; Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; CGAC, Santiago de Compostela, Spain; Americas Society Art Gallery, NY; Centre d’Art Contemporain, Switzerland; Art Gallery of Ontario; ICA Philadelphia; The UCLA Hammer Museum, Museum of Modern Art, NY; and The Renaissance Society of the University of Chicago. He is the recipient of fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation, The Pollock-Krasner Foundation, ArtPace San Antonio, The Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation and the DAAD, Berlin.

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