The first book to explore the fascinating career and fantasy-driven worlds created by the acclaimed Argentinean artist Adrián Villar Rojas's works concoct imaginary realms. Usually made from clay, his colossal installations are transitory and so cannot be collected, as they disappear or decay over time. His practice confronts the public with ideas of obsolescence and extinction, but also with the possibilities of humankind and its endless imagination. This is the first book to include all of Villar Rojas' most significant projects, featured in international biennials such as Venice, Documenta, Shanghai, and others.

Hans Ulrich Obrist is codirector of exhibitions and programmes and director of international projects at the Serpentine Gallery, London. Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev is director of the Museum Castello di Rivoli in Turin. She was the artistic director of Documenta (13), 2012. Eungie Joo is contemporary art curator at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. Joo was director and curator at the New Museum in New York from 2007 to 2012.