{"product_id":"amalia-mesa-bains-archaeology-of-memory-by-laura-e-perez-and-maria-esther-fernandez","title":"Amalia Mesa-Bains: Archaeology of Memory \/ by Laura E. Pérez and Maria Esther Fernández","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eUniversity of California Press, 2023. Hardcover. Pictorial boards. New. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eThis first major retrospective of Amalia Mesa-Bains unearths her significant contributions to Chicanx\/Latinx art and feminism.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBest 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eAmalia Mesa-Bains: The Archaeology of Memory\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePublished in association with the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eExhibition dates:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"a-unordered-list a-vertical\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBerkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive: February 4-August 13, 2023\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePhoenix Art Museum: November 2023-March 2024\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEl Museo del Barrio, New York City: April 2024-August 2024\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSan Antonio Art Museum: October 2024-January 2025\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCheech Marin Center for Chicano Arts and Culture, Riverside, CA: March 2025-August 2025\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Desierto Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56513080197286,"sku":null,"price":50.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0659\/3465\/5654\/files\/archaeology.webp?v=1779471896","url":"https:\/\/249f2c-1b.myshopify.com\/products\/amalia-mesa-bains-archaeology-of-memory-by-laura-e-perez-and-maria-esther-fernandez","provider":"DESIERTO BOOKS","version":"1.0","type":"link"}