BOOK / A LETTER TO ADAM NANKERVIS. David Medalla

BIOGRAPHICAL WORK

This book contains an evocative letter that David Medalla wrote to Adam Nankervis during his stay in Mexico in 2000. In it, he recounts a nocturnal encounter with the shadows and ghosts that congregate in an old church in the city center.

David Medalla is a pioneer of land art, kinetic art, participatory art, and performance; his work has often defied categorization. Nomadism, collaborative processes, and political-spiritual beliefs inform his work and affirm his lifestyle as an artistic profession. Medalla was admitted to Columbia University in New York at the age of 12, on the recommendation of poet Mark van Doren. In Paris, in 1960, philosopher Gaston Bachelard introduced Medalla's first performance at Raymond Duncan's Academy. Years later, poet Louis Aragon would also introduce him. Marcel Duchamp created the Medallic Sculpture for him. David Medalla edited the Signals Newsbulletin in London; founded The Exploding Galaxy, an international gathering of multimedia artists; was president of Artists for Democracy and director of the Fitzrovia Cultural Centre in London; and in 1994 founded the Mondrian Fan Club in New York, with Adam Nankervis as vice president. All of the above is in addition to multiple international exhibitions and a prolific artistic output, which continues to this day.

Title: Una carta para Adam Nankervis
Author: David Medalla
Pages: 88
Size: 14 x 21 cm
Weight: 160 grams
Genre: Biographical work
Language: Spanish
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Alias
Year: 2012