Amalia Mesa-Bains

Archaeology of Memory

Laura E. Pérez, Maria Esther Fernández

$82.95

Hardback

Not in-store but you can order this
How long will it take?

Availability Information

We source books from suppliers in Australia and overseas. For books we don't currently have in stock, the time it takes to get them from our suppliers can vary widely - from a few days to a few months - so we check each book with each supplier to determine the expected time it will take to be supplied to us.

We then advise you accordingly. If the time taken to get any book is too long for you, you can let us know and we will cancel or adjust your order, and refund as required.

To find out the anticipated arrival time for specific items prior to ordering, please contact us by phone or email:

Phone +61 2 9264 3111, or 1800 4 BOOKS (1800 4 26657) if outside Sydney:
option 1 Abbey's Bookshop (Crime, History, Science, Kids & more) • info@abbeys.com.au
option 2 Language Book Centre (ESL & Foreign Languages) • language@abbeys.com.au
option 3 Galaxy Bookshop (Sci-fi, Fantasy, Romance, Graphic Novels) • sf@galaxybooks.com.au

QTY:

English

University of California Press
06 April 2023

Art & design styles: Modernist design & Bauhaus; Individual artists, art monographs; Exhibition catalogues & specific collections; Gender studies: women; Ethnic minorities & multicultural studies

"This first major retrospective of Amalia Mesa-Bains unearths her significant contributions to Chicanx/Latinx art and feminism.

Best known for her pioneering altar installations, Amalia Mesa-Bains is one of the most innovative feminist and Latinx artists of her generation. In her forty-year career as an artist, activist, educator, and scholar, she has explored the experiences, spiritual practices, and histories of Mexican American women and addressed the colonial erasure and recovery of Mexican, African American, and Indigenous Californians. Appropriately called an ""archaeological"" practice, Mesa-Bains's art creates sacred spaces imbued with cultural memory, leading viewers on a magical journey of discovery through what might otherwise be lost to existing canons of history.

Amalia Mesa-Bains: The Archaeology of Memory is the exhibition catalog accompanying the first major retrospective of her work, bringing her installations from the 1970s to the present together for the first time. Featuring an essay by the artist and an interview with her, the book also brings together top-tier scholars who explore the ecofeminism, migrant histories, spirituality, and politics of erasure that ground her interdisciplinary practice. As a whole, the book cements Mesa-Bains's place as a trailblazing artist within the history of art.

Published in association with the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive.

Exhibition dates:

Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive.

February 4-July 23, 2023"

By: Laura E. Pérez, Maria Esther Fernández
Imprint: University of California Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 286mm, Width: 229mm, Spine: 20mm
Weight: 1.270kg
ISBN: 9780520395718
ISBN 10: 0520395719
Pages: 176
Publication Date: 06 April 2023
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Laura E. Pérez is Professor of Chicanx and Latinx Studies and Chair of the Latinx Research Center at University of California, Berkeley. María Esther Fernández is Artistic Director of the Cheech Marin Center for Chicano Art & Culture, Riverside Art Museum.