Mara Magdalena Campos-Pons: Behold Hermo Carmen
This vibrantly illustrated survey of the career of contemporary artist Mara Magdalena Campos-Pons delves into her diverse oeuvre of painting, drawing, photography, sculpture, film, and…
Specifikacia Mara Magdalena Campos-Pons: Behold Hermo Carmen
This vibrantly illustrated survey of the career of contemporary artist Mara Magdalena Campos-Pons delves into her diverse oeuvre of painting, drawing, photography, sculpture, film, and performance.Mara Magdalena Campos-Pons (b. 1959) makes powerful work that holds and beholds the stories of historically silenced peoples and urges societal change. Her journey as an artist, teacher, and activist has taken her from Cuba through the United States, and her autobiographical compositions honor her Nigerian and Chinese ancestors while also facing the future. With an artistic practice that crosses boundaries, intertwines media--from photography to sculpture, film to performance--and references traditions and beliefs ranging from feminism to Santera, Campos-Pons's work is deeply layered and complex.This volume, the first critical look at the artist's oeuvre in nearly two