ART BOOKS IN COSTA RICA: An exhibit by 25 visual artists

Patricia Rucavado. "Story of a nest"

Patricia Rucavado. “Story of a nest”

Collective exhibit: WORD INTEGRATED TO ART BOOK.
Exhibition curated by ACAV (Costa Rican Visual Artists Association).
Paraninfo auditorium, UNED University, Costa Rica
April 30 to May 15, 2014 

Piza-Tandlich-Hypotyposis

 

Silvia Piza-Tandlich. “Hypotyposis”. 12″ X 12″ X 4″.

A book of remnants.

Photo: Doreen Bákit

…”In 2006 I read the entire Pern series by Anne McCaffrey, which is a textile dragon world. Such wonders! Images of this fantastic world remind me of the enchanted forest in The Sleeping Beauty by Charles Perrault, with ivy and intertwined, “gnarrrrrrled brrrrambles and bussssshes”—the way my mom read the story. Frankly, I never knew what gnarrrrrrled brrrrambles and bussssshes meant, but it sounded serious…” 

LEER ES PURA VIDA LA PALABRA INTEGRADASilvia Piza-Tandlich. “Hipotiposis”. 29 X 30 X 9 cm. Libro de retazos.

…”En el 2006 leí toda la serie de dragones de Pern, de Anne McCaffrey y quedé impactada. ¡Qué maravilla! Quedé con imágines del planeta Pern, lo mismo que las imágenes del bosque encantado de La Bella Durmiente, con hiedras y “zarzas sarmentosasssss y torcidasssss…” (así me leía mamá el cuento y francamente, nunca supe qué eran zarzas sarmentosassss, pero sonaba serio)…”
Xinia Matamoros

Xinia Matamoros. Traces of Life.

Oscar Carmona. "Feelings"

Oscar Carmona. “Feelings”

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