Cristina Iglesias - Hatje Cantz

A two-page book spread. The left page features a dramatic, monochromatic photograph of a stormy sea, with large white waves crashing against a rocky island topped with a small house. A misty, populated hillside is in the background under a cloudy sky. The right page displays the book's table of contents in Spanish, listing chapter titles and authors.

An open book spread. The left page features a moody photograph of a tree-covered island in a calm sea, shrouded in dense grey fog. The right page contains Spanish text under the title Un lugar en constante mutación.

A composite image with a triptych of a rocky coastline on the left and a larger, more detailed photograph of a similar rock formation on the right. The rocks are textured and colored in shades of beige, reddish-brown, and grey, with patches of green algae near the dark water's edge.

A composite image with two panels. The left panel shows a wide shot of a steep, layered rock cliff face with a wooden fence running along the grassy top. The right panel consists of three smaller images in a row, showing a woman with long hair leaning on the fence and looking down at the rocky, moss-covered shoreline below.

A composite image with two parts. On the right is a wide shot of several seagulls on a weathered, honeycombed rock formation by the sea under a gray sky, with one bird blurred in flight. On the left is a triptych of three vertical panels showing close-up details of the same scene.

A two-panel image showing close-up details of a sculptural bronze fountain. The metallic structure has a highly textured, organic, and porous surface resembling a honeycomb or weathered bone. On the left, water cascades from an overhang, while on the right, churning white water flows around jagged, cavernous forms.

A composite image with one large photo on the left and two smaller, identical photos on the right, all showing a top-down view of water flowing through a narrow rocky chasm. The brown rocks are heavily eroded and have a distinctive, porous, honeycomb-like texture.

A two-page spread from a publication. On the left, a vertical photograph shows the inside of a dark, rocky cave, with several beams of bright sunlight streaming down from an opening in the ceiling. On the right, there is a body of text in Spanish, with the headline Profundizar en nuestros orígenes.

Cristina Iglesias

Hondalea

€ 44.00

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By (artist): Cristina Iglesias

Edited by: James Lingwood

February 2023, 184 Pages, 150 Photos

Hardcover

252mm x 286mm

ISBN: 978-3-7757-5463-7

HATJE CANTZ VERLAG
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Germany
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| A unique sculptural Intervention

The lighthouse on the island of Santa Clara in Donostia / San Sebastián stood empty for many years until Cristina Iglesias transformed it into a breath-taking sculptural work that opened to the public in 2021. Inside the restored lighthouse, visitors look down as water rises up, as if from the sea below, surging through forms cast in bronze to resemble the distinctive geology of the Basque Coast, before pooling and trickling away. Featuring extensive photographs of a journey by boat from the city to the island and into the lighthouse, together with writings by art historians, geologists and scientists, Cristina Iglesias - Hondalea documents a remarkable work realized by one of the world's leading sculptors in the city where she was born.

This book is also available in English/Basque.

Spanish artist CRISTINA IGLESIAS (*1956) creates profound spaces of the imagination. Renowned for her sculptures woven, cast or constructed from metal, wood and alabaster, Iglesias also creates outdoor structures and installations using water. Her work can be found in inner cities or remote islands, as a site of pilgrimage for humans or as a habitat for animals.

»Following the monograph Liquid Sculpture (2021, Hatje Cantz), Iglesias’s new title documents the practice of water-crossing, featuring photographs of boat journeys to the island, alongside writings by art historians and scientists.«

Chloe Elliott

Aesthetica Magazine