by Carmen Herrera (Artist), Dana Miller (Text by (Art/Photo Books))
The definitive publication on Cuban-born artist Carmen Herrera's (b. 1915) Estructura works, this volume contains new works as well as sketches, plans, installation photographs from the exhibition and an essay by the curator of her recent travelling retrospective, Dana Miller. As three-dimensional extensions of the artist's stark, bright abstract paintings, the Estructuras were envisioned by Herrera in an environmental sense, using the surrounding walls as a part of the composition. These irregularly shaped works technically remain her only monochromes; however, Herrera envisions the white of the wall exposed in the negative space of the sculptures and wall pieces as the second colour. Published after the exhibition, Carmen Herrera: Estructuras at Lisson Gallery, New York (14 September - 27 October 2018).