About this Book

This monographic catalogue accompanies the exhibition Leandro Erlich: Port of Reflections, presented at the Neuberger Museum of Art from February 5 to July 30, 2017. Fully illustrated, the book includes essays by prominent scholars and traces the artist's trajectory through some of his most important projects. Argentine artist Leandro Erlich blends reality and fantasy, the playful and the profound to build architecturally-scaled installations that exceed the bounds of logic, creating uncanny spaces in which multiple realities may coexist. In his dreamlike installation, Port of Reflections, Erlich depicts a serene nighttime harbor in which five colorfully painted rowboats appear to float, gently rocking, as their reflections seemingly shimmer in the dark waters below. His work sparks a sense of wonder as he transforms the ordinary into the extraordinary. Erlich is the recipient of the 2017 Roy R. Neuberger Exhibition Prize given to an exceptional artist for an early-career and monographic catalogue.