Escultura Social: A New Generation of Art from Mexico City

Author: Julie Rodrigues Widholm Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 224 Mexico City has emerged as a thriving center of contemporary art. Escultura Social features recent work by a group of artists whose influence has already extended far beyond Mexico and focuses on how they have contributed to an international dialogue through their use of nontraditional materials, new media, and critical perspectives.This book takes Joseph Beuys's idea of "social sculpture," or escultura social, as a multivalent reference point for understanding how...Read more