Strong-Cuevas Drawings: Ideas on Paper Hardcover

Jan Garden Castro

Artist Strong-Cuevas (b. 1929) says her work “expresses thoughts about universal consciousness, space and time, and inner mediation.” Known for her sculptures made from bronze, stainless steel, and aluminum, Strong-Cuevas’s art often portrays the human head and plays with scale. Her drawings are no different. They express the same themes, but are rarely used as a diagram for her sculptures. A companion to Strong-Cuevas Sculpture, this volume is a beautifully presented retrospective of Strong-Cuevas’s drawings over the last 40 years. The book features 190 images, arranged thematically, and explores the recurring themes in Strong-Cuevas’s art, regardless of medium. With a foreword by art critic Jan Garden Castro, Strong-Cuevas Drawings offers a closer look at the artist’s process of creating expressive works.

1419729276

English

Abrams

2018

236

Jan Castro is an art historian and an accomplished author and critic. She is the author of The Art and Life of Georgia O’Keeffe and Sonia Delaunay: La Moderne, and is also a contributing editor for Sculpture Magazine. Her work has appeared in The Nation, American Poetry Review, and American Book Review. Castro lives in New York.