Radical Virtuosity
Ana Mendieta and the Black Atlantic
- Hardcover
352 pages
- Release Date
29 October 2019
Summary
Reclaiming the artist Ana Mendieta as a formally innovative maker of performative art who forged connections to the marginalized around the world.The artist Ana Mendieta (1948-1985) is remembered as the creator of powerful works expressing a vibrant and unflinching second-wave feminist sensibility. In Radical Virtuosity, art historian Genevieve Hyacinthe offers a new view of Mendieta, connecting her innovative artwork to the art, cultural aesthetics and concerns, feminisms, and sociopolitical…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262042703 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0262042703 |
| Author: | Genevieve Hyacinthe |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 352 |
| Release Date: | 29 October 2019 |
| Weight: | 872g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm |
| Series: | The MIT Press |
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Critics Review
Groundbreaking…Hyacinthe brilliantly reframes Mendieta’s celebrated works, and makes us see them anew.
—HyperallergicAbout The Author
Genevieve Hyacinthe
Genevieve Hyacinthe is Assistant Professor of Visual Studies at California College of the Arts in San Francisco.
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