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David Medalla: In Conversation with the Cosmos

By (artist) David Medalla, Edited by David Medalla, Edited by Aram Moshayedi, Text by MagalÃ Arriola, Text by Nyah Ginwright, Text by CJ Salapare

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Medalla's first major retrospective draws from his archive of kinetic art designs and works on paper to outline his transformative impact on the 20th-century avant-garde This comprehensive survey of drawings and works on paper by the late Filipino artist David Medalla (1942â€“2020) explores his prolific career from the mid-1950s to the late 2010s. The book tracks and contextualizes Medallaâ€™s pioneering involvement in artistic movementsâ€”from kinetic art to performance and participatory artâ€”while providing insight into more intimate forms of exchange between contemporaries and friends to underscore the interpersonal narratives that often tend to evade art history. In anticipation of a major retrospective exhibition of Medallaâ€™s art at the Hammer Museum, this volume charts the artistâ€™s persistent presence that has sometimes been omitted from the histories of art movements in which he played a significant role. This publication showcases Medalla as an influential figure in 20th-century international art by revealing a more intimate perspective that parallels the life he pursued through political action, public performances and exhibitions.