Lithograph, 60 x 80 cm
Edition of 20
Unframed
This edition was produced following Federico Herrero’s public commission for the Guggenheim UBS MAP Global Art Initiative exhibition Under the Same Sun: Art in Latin America. Herrero created a mural on the playground of Pelican housing estate which backs onto the South London Gallery.
For his residency Herrero worked with residents on the estate to create a site-specific artwork for the children’s playground. The residency was punctuated by a series of informal social events for Pelican residents, involving painting, music and food.
During the late 1990s and early 2000s, the practice of painting in Latin America was neglected as artists turned increasingly to more conceptual strategies. Costa Rica-based Herrero was one of the exceptions to this rule, developing an original pictorial language rooted in imagery of physical and mental landscapes.
Biography
Federico Herrero (b. San José, Costa Rica, 1978) lives and works in San José, Costa Rica. Recent solo exhibitions include Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago (2018); Monclova Projects, Mexico City (2014); La Casa Encendida, Madrid (2013); 21st Century Art Museum, Kanazawa (2012).
