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An overdue examination of the Colombian artist's decade-long, soil-based practice, evincing her contributions to the lineage of land art

For more than a decade, Colombian artist Delcy Morelos (born 1967) has worked primarily with earth, creating immersive environments of geometrically abstract forms. Drawing on Indigenous cosmologies, Morelos' work explores the sustaining power of mud in its many formsas a source of life and sustenance.
This bilingual monograph approaches Morelos' two soil-based installationsCielo terrenal (2023) and El abrazo (2023)to explore the artist's role in the history of land art. The texts consider the natural materials used in her Dia commission and their sensory, spatial and phenomenological impact. The volume also features a selection of stories sourced from Indigenous Colombian communitiesBará, Matapí, Tanimuca, M+n+ca, Uitoto N+pode and Yucuna Kamejeyáthat underscore Morelos' acute understanding of the sacred relationship between land and its inhabitants.

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      Publisher RM Verlag SL
      Published 10 August 2024
      ISBN-13 9788419233936
      978-8419233936
      ISBN-10 8419233935

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      An overdue examination of the Colombian artist's decade-long, soil-based practice, evincing her contributions to the lineage of land art

      For more than a decade, Colombian artist Delcy Morelos (born 1967) has worked primarily with earth, creating immersive environments of geometrically abstract forms. Drawing on Indigenous cosmologies, Morelos' work explores the sustaining power of mud in its many formsas a source of life and sustenance.
      This bilingual monograph approaches Morelos' two soil-based installationsCielo terrenal (2023) and El abrazo (2023)to explore the artist's role in the history of land art. The texts consider the natural materials used in her Dia commission and their sensory, spatial and phenomenological impact. The volume also features a selection of stories sourced from Indigenous Colombian communitiesBará, Matapí, Tanimuca, M+n+ca, Uitoto N+pode and Yucuna Kamejeyáthat underscore Morelos' acute understanding of the sacred relationship between land and its inhabitants.

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