Arturo Herrera: Works 1992-2024

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The pull of Herrera’s work is grounded in its interweaving of formal elements—contour, color, gesture—with the cultural specificity of the materials from which his objects are made.

— Scott Roben, “Themselves, In Motion”


The first monograph on Venezuelan multimedia artist Arturo Herrera in nearly twenty years, this comprehensive book offers a deep look at his diverse body of work. The publication highlights the breadth of Herrera’s practice, showcasing painting, mixed media works on paper, photography, collage, glass, felt sculpture, and architectural interventions.

For over three decades, Herrera has investigated and contaminated the complex histories of abstraction. His approach to material—as both subject and object—simultaneously reveals and conceals fragments of pop culture and found images within layers of shape, color, and line. The resulting compositions conjure multiple associations, creating an open-ended, charged exchange between artist, artwork, and viewer.

In addition to the rich plate section, this monograph includes a comprehensive exhibition history, essays by Valerie Smith and Scott Roben, and a conversation between Herrera and his good friend and fellow artist Josiah McElheny.

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The pull of Herrera’s work is grounded in its interweaving of formal elements—contour, color, gesture—with the cultural specificity of the materials from which his objects are made.

— Scott Roben, “Themselves, In Motion”


The first monograph on Venezuelan multimedia artist Arturo Herrera in nearly twenty years, this comprehensive book offers a deep look at his diverse body of work. The publication highlights the breadth of Herrera’s practice, showcasing painting, mixed media works on paper, photography, collage, glass, felt sculpture, and architectural interventions.

For over three decades, Herrera has investigated and contaminated the complex histories of abstraction. His approach to material—as both subject and object—simultaneously reveals and conceals fragments of pop culture and found images within layers of shape, color, and line. The resulting compositions conjure multiple associations, creating an open-ended, charged exchange between artist, artwork, and viewer.

In addition to the rich plate section, this monograph includes a comprehensive exhibition history, essays by Valerie Smith and Scott Roben, and a conversation between Herrera and his good friend and fellow artist Josiah McElheny.

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  • Artwork by Arturo Herrera
    Texts by Scott Roben and Valerie Smith
    Conversation with Josiah McElheny

    Hardcover
    9 × 12 inches
    346 pages / 209 images

    Trade ISBN: 9798890180933
    Signed ISBN: 9798890180940

  • Arturo Herrera (b. 1959, Caracas, Venezuela) received a BFA from the University of Tulsa and MFA from the University of Chicago. His work is currently on view at SITE SANTA FE in Arturo Herrera: You are here (March-May 2024). Recent exhibitions include solo shows Between at The Contemporary Dayton, OH (2023) and Constructed Collage at Ruby City, San Antonio, TX (2022-23); and group shows Monochrome Multitudes at the Smart Museum of Art, Chicago, IL (2022-23) and Mirror at Feld-Haus Projects, Berlin (2022). Herrera’s long-term, site-specific wall installations can be seen at the Bass Museum of Art, Miami, FL; Bloomberg European Headquarters, London; and Tate Modern, London. His work is housed in public collections such as the Art Institute of Chicago, IL; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY; Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA; Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY; Museo Reina Sofia, Madrid; and Tate Modern, London. He has received fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation, Pollock-Krasner Foundation, ArtPace San Antonio, Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation, and DAAD. Herrera lives and works in Berlin.