les presses du réel

The Artistic Practice of Luísa Mota

Luísa Mota - The Artistic Practice of Luísa Mota
Retrospective monograph.
The book reflects the artistic process of Luísa Mota's work for the last fifteen years. It serves as an introduction and approach to a unique and dense artistic practice that unfolds here at a graphic and conceptual level. The Artistic Practice of Luísa Mota is a project conceived by the artist in close collaboration with design studio Macedo Cannatà.

"Getting to know the work of Luísa Mota is like delving deep into one's subconscious; it is both exhilarating and unsettling similar to the sensation of riding a roller coaster in an amusement park; you want to do it but as soon as you walk onto the platform to take your seat and push the guard rail down a sinking feeling lays in your gut, then you do it all over again just for the thrill."—Sylvia Chivaratanond
Luísa Mota (born 1984 in Porto, Portugal) graduated in Fine Arts from Goldsmiths College and has a Master in Sculpture from the Royal College of Art, both in London. Her work includes performance, photography, sculpture, and video and addresses issues related to belief systems, religious and cultural stigmas that define common behaviour patterns.
Texts by João Vilela Geraldo, Sylvia Chivaratanond, Nuno Faria, Miguel Amado, Gilda Williams, Ayrson Heráclito, João Ribas, Márcio Harum Romeu Zagalo, Stella Bottai.

Graphic design: Macedo Cannatà.
 
published in October 2022
bilingual edition (English / Portuguese)
22,5 x 32 cm (hardcover)
420 pages (ill.)
 
40.00
 
ISBN : 978-88-6749-550-4
EAN : 9788867495504
 
in stock


 top of page