Luchita Hurtado : I live I die I will be reborn

In the course of her life, the artist Luchita Hurtado has created an extensive oeuvre that testifies to a passionate, intensive preoccupation with the world around her and includes both paintings and drawings as well as prints. For the first time, the artist's work is being honored comprehensively with a richly illustrated publication. Current texts bring the reader closer to Hurtado's artistic development: Sarah Lehrer-Graiwer's text traces the artist's extraordinary career in context. The artist Andrea Bowers wrote an article about the "equanimity of Luchita Hurtado". Hurtado's son, the artist Matt Mullican, contributed a number of sketchy short texts about his mother, while Barbara Stauffacher Solomon wrote a text reply to an archive photo, which testifies to her lifelong friendship with Hurtado, a friendship that has proven to be artistically fruitful for both of them. In addition, the volume contains a current conversation between Hans Ulrich Obrist and Hurtado as well as an extensive chronicle of the artist's life.Throughout her career, Hurtado has created an extensive body of paintings, drawings and prints that bear witness to a dedicated and intense engagement with the world around her. This is the first comprehensive and fully-illustrated publication on the artist's practice, which follows the trajectory of her work through a selection of newly-commissioned texts and images of all works in the exhibition. Sarah Lehrer-Graiwer has written a contextual survey of the artist's career and its unique course; artist Andrea Bowers has written a text on ' The Equanimity of Luchita Hurtado '; Hurtado's son, artist Matt Mullican, has written a series of short vignettes about his mother, whilst Barbara Stauffacher Solomon has provided a written response to an archival photograph, attesting to a lifelong friendship with Hurtado that has transcended their respective artistic practices. The book features a new interview between Hurtado and Hans Ulrich Obrist, and an extensive timeline on the artist's life.