Luchita Hurtado
I Live I Die I Will Be Reborn

Edited by Joseph Constable, Rebecca Lewin
Text by Andrea Bowers, Michael Govan, Juan A. Gaitán, Sarah Lehrer-Graiwer, Marie Heilich, Matt Mullican, Yana Peel, Barbara Stauffacher Solomon
Interview by Hans Ulrich Obrist
Walther Konig Verlag, 2019

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Description

The first monograph on Los Angeles legend Luchita Hurtado, whose colorful, surrealist paintings are now garnering recognition after decades on the fringes

At 98 years old, Luchita Hurtado (born 1929) is finally gaining mainstream recognition for the bright, geometric patterns and the surrealist nature scenes of her virbant paintings, but the Venezuela-born, California-based artist is no stranger to the art world. Though she once rubbed elbows with the likes of Frida Kahlo and Marcel Duchamp early on in her career, Hurtado now has the spotlight to herself, with solo exhibitions in Los Angeles and London, and this very first comprehensive, fully illustrated monograph detailing her artistic process and the prolific output of work from throughout her career.

In addition to reproductions of Hurtado's strikingly contemporary drawings and paintings, Luchita Hurtado: I Live I Die I Will Be Reborn also includes a series of vignettes penned by Hurtado's son, the artist Matt Mullican, as well as an interview between the artist and Hans Ulrich Obrist.

About The COntributors

Rebecca Lewin is Curator, Serpentine Galleries, London
Andrea Bowers and Sarah Lehrer-Graiwer are faculty members at Otis College of Art and Design, L.A.
Michael Govan is the director at LACMA.
Hans-Ulrich Obrist is the author of Ways of Curating (Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2014).
Barbara Stauffacher Solomon landscape architect and designer from San Francisco, longtime friend of Hurtado.
Matt Mullican, Hurtado's son, a contemporary artist based in NY.

The Serpentine presents the first UK solo exhibition of works by Luchita Hurtado (b.1920, Maiquetía, Venezuela). The exhibition traces the trajectory of Hurtado's expansive, 80-year career and reveals the scale, experimentation and playfulness of her impressive oeuvre.

 

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