ArtBabble: Arturo Herrera

Arturo Herrera: Failure

Art21 — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 21:36:41 +0000

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Exclusive Episode #075: In his Berlin studio, Arturo Herrera discusses the importance of accepting failure in order to be able to learn and grow as an artist.

Arturo Herreras work includes collage, work on paper, sculpture, relief, wall painting, photography, and felt wall-hangings. Rooted in the history of abstraction, Herreras playful work taps into the viewers unconscious, often intertwining fragments of cartoon characters with cut-out shapes and partially obscured images that evoke memory and recollection.

Arturo Herrera: Assistant Jeff Bechtel

Art21 — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 17:13:50 +0000

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Exclusive Episode #068: Arturo Herrera's assistant Jeff Bechtel describes the process for translating one of the artist's complex drawings into a refined monochromatic paper collage. Filmed in Herrera's New York studio, Bechtel discusses how cartoon sources and stock imagery become abstracted into larger systems.

Arturo Herrera: Music

Art21 — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 14:26:13 +0000

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Exclusive Episode #055: Filmed in his Berlin studio, artist Arturo Herrera discusses themes of subjectivity and abstraction while drawing connections between his love of music and his hopes for how audiences come to appreciate his visual work.

Arturo Herrera: Powerful Images

Art21 — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 14:19:39 +0000

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Exclusive Episode #061: In his Berlin studio, Arturo Herrera discusses his relationship to creating abstract collages and images. Herrera takes the process of abstraction a step further by photographing fragments of his collages, such as in the work "Untitled" (2005), a series of 80 black and white photographs. He submerges the undeveloped film in hot and cold water, coffee, and tea, creating unpredictable results when printed.