Mefisto: Alberto Iriarte

The exquisite still lifes of Alberto Iriarte, known as Mefisto, have remained Colombia's best kept artistic secret of the 20th century, despite having been exhibited in Paris, Barranquilla, and Bogotá. This book displays the complete selection of his strange and beautiful still life paintings, collected together for the first time.

Germán Rubiano Caballero studied philosophy and letters at the Universidad Nacional de Colombia and is an important connoisseur of Latin American arts and letters. María Elvira Iriarte, Mefisto's niece, is a professor of art and has served as the director of the Plastic Arts Department of the Colombian Institute of Culture and the National University of Colombia's Department of Fine arts and Art Museum. Her writing appears regularly in the magazine Arte en Colombia-Art Nexus.