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.
O ovom umetničkom delu
- Naslov: Botanical Prints with Book
- Umetnik: amalia mesa-bains
- Godina: 2011
- Format: Panoramic
- Status autorskih prava: Zaštićeno autorskim pravima
- Mesto izlaganja: Museo Eduardo Carrillo
- Boja (ton): Ochre to Sepia
- Percepcija svetline: brilliant

