Nov 17, 2009

Deredia publishes two books about his work


Taken from: www.nacion.com

The Costa Rican artist Jorge Jimenez Deredia will be presenting in Costa Rica two books in which various specialists analyze his sculpture creations.

Next Wednesday 25th of November at 6:30 PM the artist will share at Libreria Internacional at the Multiplaza mall with the public his two books: Deredia and his symbolism and Deredia to Rome, these two will be on sale in the country since this date.

The first publication is a detailed analysis created by the Italian art historian Cristina Giammoro which deals on Jimenez Deredia’s art sculptures and the philosophical thinking involved with them. The art historian carries out a comprehensive path through Jiménez Deredia’s work since his beginning as an artist to his more recent project called The Peace Route. The texts in this book are accompanied with photographs and drawings that will aid in the understanding of the sculptures of the renowned artist.

The second book is the luxurious catalogue that accompanied the sculpture show in which Jiménez Deredia presented in the famous Palace of Expositions in Rome between July and September of this year.

Such catalogue contains elaborate texts written by famous Italian art critics as Antonio Aimi, Fabio Isman, Enrico Crispolti and Francesco Buranelli.