Iván Tovar

For the first time, the masterpieces of Dominican surrealist Iván Tovar (1942-2020) are collected in a monograph. For publisher Assouline's coffee-table book "Iván Tovar," award-winning art writer Julie Belcove offers a thoughtful exploration of his life's work, which has been exhibited worldwide - from Paris to New York City to his homeland, the Dominican Republic.

Iván Tovar was an artist of rare breadth and depth: painter, sculptor, illustrator, poet, polymath and polyglot. Today he is the most sought-after Dominican artist on the international art market. Tovar's art is distinctive and unforgettable, often with deep, almost black backgrounds that reveal symbolic shapes and creations - spheres, egg shapes and beasts. His geometric and organic motifs are intertwined like actors on a stage, imbued with poetic ambiguity. Tovar's revolutionary creations continue to inspire and stand as an enduring testament to his unique imagination.

This book, which brings together all the artist's masterpieces, is an open invitation to the world of dreams and illustrates in countless ways the famous statement of André Breton, the father of surrealism: "I believe in the future resolution of these two states, dream and reality, which seem so contradictory, in a kind of absolute reality, a surrealism, if one may call it that."

Specifications
Title: Iván Tovar
Author: Julie Belcove
Publisher: Assouline
Size: 250 x 330 x 40 mm
Size: 224 pages
Weight: 2,998 kg
Language: English
Material: Hardcover
ISBN: 9781649805041

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