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Escultura Social: A New Generation of Art from Mexico City
Julie Rodrigues Widholm (Ed.)
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Description for Escultura Social: A New Generation of Art from Mexico City
Paperback. Mexico City has emerged as a thriving centre of contemporary art. This book takes Joseph Beuys' idea of 'social sculpture', or escultura social, as a multivalent reference point for understanding how these socially engaged works draw connections between people and nature and promote a demystified and democratic concept of art-making. Editor(s): Widholm, Julie Rodrigues. Num Pages: 224 pages, 130 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; ACXJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 229 x 14. Weight in Grams: 966.
Mexico City has emerged as a thriving center of contemporary art. Escultura Social features recent work by a group of artists whose influence has already extended far beyond Mexico and focuses on how they have contributed to an international dialogue through their use of nontraditional materials, new media, and critical perspectives.This book takes Joseph Beuys’s idea of “social sculpture,” or escultura social, as a multivalent reference point for understanding how these socially engaged works draw connections between people and nature and promote a demystified and democratic concept of art-making. Featuring the work of twenty artists, this bilingual volume includes several ... Read more
Mexico City has emerged as a thriving center of contemporary art. Escultura Social features recent work by a group of artists whose influence has already extended far beyond Mexico and focuses on how they have contributed to an international dialogue through their use of nontraditional materials, new media, and critical perspectives.This book takes Joseph Beuys’s idea of “social sculpture,” or escultura social, as a multivalent reference point for understanding how these socially engaged works draw connections between people and nature and promote a demystified and democratic concept of art-making. Featuring the work of twenty artists, this bilingual volume includes several ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Yale University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780300134278
SKU
V9780300134278
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About Julie Rodrigues Widholm (Ed.)
Julie Rodrigues Widholm is assistant curator at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago. Itala Schmelz is director of the Sala de Público Siqueiros, Mexico City.
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