Lygia Pape

Lygia Pape, a founding member of Brazil’s neo-concrete movement, pioneered a unique approach to abstraction and valued art that favored the primacy of viewers’ sensorial experiences. This catalog, published on the occasion of Lygia Pape’s 2018 solo exhibition at Hauser & Wirth New York, brings together a variety of works from the artist’s rich oeuvre, from sculptures, prints, and paintings, to installations and films. It focuses particularly on the series Tecelares (1952 – 59), Ttéias (2003) and Amazoninos (1989 – 2003). Designed by Damien Saatdjian, the publication includes a 2009 conversation between Pape’s daughter Paula Pape, curator Paulo Herkenhoff, and poet Ferreira Gullar; and a newly commissioned text by art historian Alexander Alberro that explores multisensorial art with a focus on the works surveyed here.