Joyce James

2017 · rif. 203319 — Santa Barbara Museum of Art 2017. Hardcover. New. New oversize cloth-bound hardcover. Text is clean and free of marks or underlining. 9.25 x 0.8 x 13.25 inches Includes photos and a bibliography. 183 pp. Fast shipping in a secure book box mailer with tracking. The work by contemporary Brazilian artist Valeska Soares navigates the realms of human emotion and experience ranging from love and intimacy loss and longing to memory and language. In her multimedia paintings sculptures videos and sight specific installations ordinary everyday objects are transformed to create new and poignant narratives. Initiating her career in Brazil in the late 1980s Soares’ early work is recognized for engaging the full range of senses even scent—through the use of flowers and perfumes. Works from recent decades elicit her mastery of language and text specifically through the conceptual and physical use of books. Published on the occasion of the artist’s largest survey exhibition to-date this monograph provides a comprehensive examination of works and installations produced during the artist’s nearly thirty-year oeuvre. Part of the Getty’s noted Pacific Standard Time: LA/LA a far- reaching and ambitious exploration of Latin American and Latino art in dialogue with Los Angeles 2017-2018. Santa Barbara Museum of Art hardcover