Author: Preciado, RyanIn 2020, artist Ryan Preciado began a conversation across time with the life and work of carpenter Manuel Sandoval, who was born nearly 100 years before the artist and worked with architects such as Frank Lloyd Wright and Rudolph M. Schindler. The culmination of nearly five years of research into this under-historicised figure, this title presents work by Preciado in dialogue with Sandoval’s story, breaking open established narratives about authorship and the built environment. Preciado had been asked to re-create a dining set made by Sandoval for the Ralph G. Walker House, a Los Angeles home designed by Schindler. Working from chairs made in the 1940s, Preciado undertook a kind of forensics to understand how to achieve Sandoval’s deeply technical design. Along the way, Preciado engaged in an imagined discourse with Sandoval – about the latter’s craft, life and how he navigated a crucial chapter in American architectural history. ISBN 9781961883222. Karma Books, New York. pb. 68 pages. 38 colour, 7 b/w ills. 27.4 x 22.3 cm.available to order
