Jesús Soto in Conversation with Ariel Jiménez
<p><em>Jesús Soto in conversation with/en conversación con Ariel Jiménez</em>, the fourth title in the Conversaciones/Conversations series, records the dialogues between the renowned Venezuelan kinetic artist Jesús Soto (1923–2005), and art historian Ariel Jiménez. Based on Conversaciones con Jesús Soto, originally published by the Fundación Cisneros in 2001 and 2005, this book has been expanded and revised with the inclusion of illustrations of key artworks by the artist. The product of nine years of interviews, these conversations offer an insight into the fascinating career of Jesús Soto.</p> <p>Jesús Soto was born in Venezuela in 1923 and is well-known for his participation in the development of Kinetic Art in Paris in the 1950s and 1960s, as well as his subsequent involvement in the Geometric Abstraction movements in Venezuela. Soto is recognized today as one of the most important Latin American artists of the twentieth century.</p>
Authors: Jesús Soto, Ariel Jiménez
Contributors: Gabriel Pérez-Barreiro
Editors: Gabriel Pérez-Barreiro, Ileen Kohn, Donna Wingate, María Esther Pino
Project Manager: Satoshi Tabuchi
Translators: Ariel Jiménez, Kristina Cordero
Copy Editor: Carrie Cooperider, María Esther Pino, Mariana Barrera-Pieck, Amelia Sosa-Zimerman
Proofreader: Elizabeth Chapple
Part of: Conversaciones/Conversations
ISBN: 9780988205543