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A 2010 MacArthur Fellow, Pardo has gained acclaim for such large-scale works as his MOCA commission 4166 Sea View Lane, and his 2008 redesign of LACMA's pre-Columbian galleries. His work has been exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, and the Centre Pompidou in Paris. He has had solo exhibitions at Museum of Art and Design, Miami; Irish Museum of Modern Art, Ireland; Boijmans Van Beuningen Museum, Rotterdam; K21 Kunstsammlung, Nordrhein-Westfalen; Museum of Contemporary Art North Miami, Miami. Pardo lives and works in Mérida, Mexico.
Jorge Pardo: Display for the Musée des Augustins
Jorge Pardo
Extraordinary museum displays: Jorge Pardo’s “Gesamtkunstwerk” in Toulouse
At the invitation of the Toulouse art festival “Printemps de Septembre”, the Cuban-American artist Jorge Pardo (*1963) has developed a new display for the collection of Romanesque art at the Musée des Augustins in Toulouse. This collection—the world’s largest collection of Romanesque sculpture—is unique for its coherence with its well-preserved ensembles of capitals. Pardo produced a kind of “Gesamtkunstwerk” that has instantly become an iconic feature in the city and has now been adopted as the permanent display. This book includes an introduction to the collection of Romanesque sculptures at the museum, an illustrated history of its ever-changing presentation since 1830, an extensive survey of Jorge Pardo’s specific works for museums as well as a brief history of remarkable exhibition designs for museum collections throughout the 20th century.
With an interview between Stephen Prina and Jorge Pardo.
Published by Hatje Cantz
Hardcover, 160 pages, 171 ills.
ISBN 9783775744621
Tecoh is a sprawling series of buildings designed by the artist Jorge Pardo deep in the Yucatán jungle. Taking over six years to fabricate, and engaging existing ruins of a nineteenth-century hacienda, the project is by far the artist's most ambitious work to date. This book offers the only available glimpse of the project, as it was primarily conceived as a private residence. Over 100 color images choreograph the reader around the myriad buildings and landscaping that constitute Tecoh—from subterranean concrete forms peaking out of the wild jungle grasses to quiet details of tiles and furniture to Pardo's iconic bulbous lamps.
Publisher: Sternberg Press
ISBN: 978-3-943365-44-3
Periodically, the Department of Prints and Illustrated Books embarks on a seemingly straightforward project: to present an exhibition reflecting on the state of contemporary printmaking. This catalog shows images from the work in the exhibition as well as several interviews, including Rirkrit Tiravanija.
Publisher: The Museum of Modern Art, New York
ISBN: 978-0-87070-825-1
Jorge Pardo and Jan Tumlir
Conversations
“Conversations brings together a broad range of dialogues between author Jan Tumlir and artist Jorge Pardo, which span a period of 20 years, beginning in 1999. They encompass contemporary art, design, publishing, and music, and connect the varied contexts of Los Angeles and Mérida, Mexico, where they took place. The result is a story of a unique intellectual friendship that has defined both of their thinking and practice. “
ISBN 978-1-941753-38-5
272 pages, softcover
Jorge Pardo
Public Projects and Commissions, 1996-2018
With his eye-catching, eclectic outlook that expands the possibilities of everyday objects and spaces, Cuban- American artist Jorge Pardo has toed the line between designer, architect, and craftsman for over thirty years. From his signature sculptural lamps to his vibrant paintings to his wide-ranging installations, Pardo’s work engages viewers in visual delight while questioning distinctions between fine art and design. Nowhere is his dynamism on display at a greater scale than in his numerous public projects and commissions.
Published by Petzel
Edited by Karen Marta
Production by Todd Bradway
ISBN: 978-1-7332155-9-6
284 pages, hardcover