Delcy Morelos

Delcy Morelos

ISBN 10: 8419233935 / ISBN 13: 9788419233936

Published by RM, 2024

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Sus instalaciones inmersivas pretenden cultivar momentos de conexión con lo que la artista describe como la «humedad íntima de la Tierra». Esta monografía, la primera que se publica en Estados Unidos, sitúa la práctica de la artista bogotana dentro de una historia más amplia y global del Land art y la abstracción. A su vez examina las consideraciones estéticas y medioambientales de los materiales naturales utilizados en el encargo por parte de Dia, así como su singular impacto sensorial, espacial y fenomenológico en el espectador.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Delcy Morelos
• Publisher: RM
• Publication Date: 2024
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 8419233935
• ISBN 13: 9788419233936
• Binding: Encuadernación de tapa dura
• Condition: Nuevo
• Dust Jacket Condition: Nuevo

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Synopsis

An overdue examination of the Colombian artist’s decade-long, soil-based practice, evincing her contributions to the lineage of land art

Published with Dia Art Foundation.

For more than a decade, Colombian artist Delcy Morelos (born 1967) has worked primarily with earth, creating immersive environments of geometrically abstract forms. Drawing on Indigenous cosmologies, Morelos’ work explores the sustaining power of mud in its many forms―as a source of life and sustenance.
This bilingual monograph approaches Morelos’ two soil-based installations―Cielo terrenal (2023) and El abrazo (2023)―to explore the artist’s role in the history of land art. The texts consider the natural materials used in her Dia commission and their sensory, spatial and phenomenological impact. The volume also features a selection of stories sourced from Indigenous Colombian communities―Bará, Matapí, Tanimuca, M+n+ca, Uitoto N+pode and Yucuna Kamejeyá―that underscore Morelos’ acute understanding of the sacred relationship between land and its inhabitants.