Hulda Guzmán: Miracle Fruits MASP

Description

Published by Museu de Arte de São Paulo Assis Chateaubriand (MASP), Hulda Guzmán: Miracle Fruits is a fundamental introduction to the vibrant universe of the Dominican artist, whose paintings represent fantastic and luxurious tropical scenarios inhabited by diverse human characters, animals, and vegetation—both real and imaginary. The first monographic book dedicated to Guzmán’s work, it features three new essays that explore the artist’s singular blending of references to the history of painting and architecture, including dialogues with minimalism in ancient Chinese painting, Japanese ukiyo-e, impressionism and post-impressionism, surrealism and magical realism, Mexican Muralism, and ex-voto painting.

This richly illustrated edition presents 84 pieces by the artist, including eight realized in 2025 for the MASP exhibition. The volume organizes Guzmán’s work in sections that highlight landscape painting of both day and night; her relation to architecture; her inner demons; and studio scenes with self-portraits and everyday characters. It is an invitation to become immersed in Guzmán’s artistic production, and in the critical discussions surrounding the Caribbean’s tropical landscape and ecology at large.

Hulda Guzmán (b. 1984, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic) received a BA from Altos de Chavón School of Design in the Dominican Republic and went on to study photography and mural painting at the National School of Visual Arts, Mexico. Her work is included in the permanent collections of the Baltimore Museum of Art, MD; Dallas Museum of Art, TX; Denver Art Museum, CO; He Art Museum (HEM), Guangdong, CN; Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami, FL; Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), CA; Museu de Arte de São Paulo (MASP), São Paulo, Brazil; Pérez Art Museum Miami, FL; and San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA), CA, among others. Guzmán has been featured in the Dominican Republic’s pavilion at the 58th International Art Exhibition at the Venice Biennale. Guzmán has shown with Stephen Friedman Gallery, London, UK; Alexander Berggruen, NY; Anat Ebgi, Los Angeles, CA; Dio Horia Gallery, Mykonos; Arte BA, Buenos Aires; Galería Machete, Mexico City; Gallery Ariane Paffrath Dusseldorf; and at institutions such as the Denver Art Museum, CO; Museo de Arte Moderno, Santo Domingo; the Pérez Art Museum Miami, FL; Museo de Arte de São Paulo, Brazil; Museo de Arte y Diseño Contemporáneo, Costa Rica; and Art Museum of the Americas, Washington, DC. The artist lives and works in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. The artist is co-represented by Alexander Berggruen, NY and Stephen Friedman Gallery, London.