Vivian Suter

Vivian Suter
Author: -
Publisher: Hatje Cantz
Language: English
Pages:
Size: 21 x 27 cm
Weight: 1.5500 kg
Binding: Softcover
ISBN: 9783775745512
Price: €48.00
Product Description

texts by Adam Szymczyk, contributions by R. H. Quaytman, Moyra Davey, Hendrik Folkerts, graphic design by Studio Manuel Raeder


More than thirty years ago the Swiss-Argentine artist Vivian Suter (*1949) moved to the rain forest in Panajachel, Guatemala, to live on a former coffee plantation. Since then she has worked on her impressive paintings in her wooden-hut studio, as well as outdoors. The tropical garden is her playground; her canvases lie on the sandy ground or hang in trees; dust, mud, leaves, mangos, and insects leave their traces on them. Her painting is influenced by organic processes and coincidence—even natural disasters are her material, when flood waters make their mark on canvases, becoming part of her large, colorful paintings. Containing documentation of her living and work spaces, as well as brief statements from companions and friends, the monograph also offers essays, numerous pictures, and insight into the artist’s private life.

EXHIBITION:
Art Institute of Chicago
25.8.2018–27.1.2019