Nicol疽 de Jes俍: A Mexican Artist for Global Justice (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9783777438443)

This timely edition collects three decades of contemporary art by Nicol疽 De Jes俍.

In this stunning selection, poetically subversive artist Nicolas De Jes俍 celebrates life and condemns injustice. De Jes俍 became known for his dazzling skeleton characters, depicted working, celebrating, walking the streets, or crossing borders etched on amate --a bark paper used in Pre-Columbian times to paint manuscripts. He also expressed his political commitments in powerful large-scale paintings and banners that tackle a wide range of urgent themes including immigration, human rights, and environmental instability. His artistic influences range from Mexican artistic traditions to international experience in cities like Chicago, Paris, and Jakarta.

De Jes俍's work also addresses crises as recent as the storming of the US Capitol, as well as the repression faced by migrants and Black Americans, and the disasters of COVID-19. Covering three decades of artwork, this book offers a challenge to the conventional definition of contemporary art and features essays by Felipe Ehrenberg, Patrice Giasson, Aline H駑ond, Julian Kreimer, Caroline Perr馥, and Pablo Piccato.

Author: Patrice Giasson
ISBN-10: 3777438448
ISBN-13: 9783777438443
Publisher: Hirmer Verlag GmbH
Language: English
Published: 05/05/2022
Pages: 176
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 2.50lbs
Size: 11.20h x 9.20w x 0.70d