Jose Damasceno

Exploring scale and perception, Brazilian artist Jos Damasceno s imaginative
and surreal approach to sculpture is catalogued in this comprehensive, first-time
monograph. The artist is best known for large-scale sculptures and installations
that deconstruct and transform common objects from pencils and cigarettes
to hammers and strings into the unfamiliar. Damasceno s practice is preoccupied
with the idea of morphing and transition, moving from one medium to another
to form a layered process that tests the relationship between networks and
diagrams to surprise and disorient the viewer. From a solo show at the MCA
Chicago to representing Brazil at the 52nd Venice Biennale in 2007, Damasceno
has crossed multiple borders to become firmly established in the contemporary
art world. This in-depth survey features some 200 color illustrations, with texts
by Aurora Garc a and Jos Thomaz Brum, plus an interview between the artist
and Tate Modern curator Ann Gallagher.