Botanical Prints with Book
The practice of Curanderismo or healing through natural means and ancestral methods is explored her Botanical series. With reverence for the life of the mid 1600s Mexican nun, Sor Juana Inez de la Cruz, Mesa-Bains underpins her work with tribute to the lives of Mexican women. Sor Juana’s room in the monastery was filled with evidence of her erudition: maps, books, mathematical and scientific instruments, gems, art objects and her own writing.
amalia mesa-bains(1943 –)
Amalia Mesa-Bains (b. 1943) is a renowned Chicana artist celebrated for her large-scale altar installations exploring Mexican American women's spirituality, cultural memory & feminist reclamation. Author & educator.
Museo Eduardo Carrillo(Santa Cruz, United States of America)
Discover Museo Eduardo Carrillo, California's Chicano art haven! Explore captivating paintings & murals by Eduardo Carrillo, championing Latinx culture and fostering artistic legacy through exhibitions & scholarships.
作品詳細
- 作品名: Botanical Prints with Book
- 作家: amalia mesa-bains
- 制作年: 2011
- 技法: Panoramic
- 著作権の状態: 著作権保護対象
- 展示場所: Museo Eduardo Carrillo
- 色相: Ochre to Sepia
- 知覚輝度: brilliant

