BOOK FORMAT Clth, 9 x 11.75 in. / 352 pgs / 344 color / 80 bw.
PUBLISHING STATUS Pub Date 6/27/2023 Active
DISTRIBUTION D.A.P. Exclusive Catalog: SPRING 2023 p. 4
PRODUCT DETAILS ISBN 9781935963264TRADE List Price: $65.00 CAD $91.00 GBP £56.00
AVAILABILITY In stock
TERRITORY WORLD
EXHIBITION SCHEDULE
Minneapolis, MN Walker Art Center, 04/15/2309/03/23
San Francisco, CA San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 10/21/2301/28/24
New York, NY MoMA PS1, 03/28/2409/02/24
Toronto, Canada Art Gallery of Ontario, 10/12/2401/19/25
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A comprehensive survey of Abad's visually dazzling and politically prescient works blending fabric and painting
This volume surveys three decades of Pacita Abads multifaceted practice. Published on the occasion of her first-ever retrospective, it includes new research and wri
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Pacita Abad
Philippine-born Ivatan and American painter (born 1946)
Pacita Barsana Abad (October 5, 1946 – December 7, 2004) was a Filipino-born American Ivatan visual artist. Her more than 30-year painting career began when she traveled to the United States to undertake graduate studies in Spain. She exhibited her work in over 200 museums, galleries and other venues, including 75 solo shows, around the world. Abad's work is now in public, corporate and private art collections in over 70 countries.
Early life and education
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Pacita Barsana Abad was born in Basco, Batanes, on October 5, 1946,[1] the fifth of thirteen children. She was the daughter of Aurora Barsana and Jorge Abad.[1]
From 1949 to 1972, her father, Jorge Abad, represented the lone district of Batanes for a total of five nonconsecutive terms in the Congress of the Philippines. Her mother, Aurora Abad, served for one term (1966 to 1969) in the same elected position as her husband after he was appointed secretary of public works and highways by President Diosdado Macapagal. The Abad family moved from Batanes to Manila at the end of Jorge's first term.[2]
In Manila, Abad attended Legarda Elementary School and Ramon Magsaysay High School.