{"product_id":"the-paintings-of-marza-izquierdo-blaze-carter-9781964003290","title":"The Paintings of María Izquierdo: Alters, Portraits, Dreams","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis beautiful small-format book offers a clear, intimate look at the life and work of Mexican painter María Izquierdo (1902-1955), an artist whose power was long overshadowed by the larger narratives of Mexican modernism. With a new essay written in the warm, perceptive voice of Blaze Carter, the book traces Izquierdo's early years, her emergence as a female artist within a male-dominated art world, the symbolic richness of her altars, drawings, paintings and portraits, and the quiet defiance embedded in her dreamlike imagery.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAccompanied by a curated selection of reproductions - portraits, still lifes, circus scenes, devotional altars, and lesser-known works - the essay brings readers into close proximity with the painter's world. It follows Izquierdo's journey as one of the significantfrom her early training to her complicated relationship with the official mural movement, her personal struggles, and her late works marked by intensity and vulnerability. The final section reflects on her reception and legacy in contemporary art, considering why her absence from mainstream art history has become part of the story we must now explore, and celebrate.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDesigned to be explored in stolen moments or read in a single sitting, the book offers an aesthetic experience rather than a survey, giving general readers and art lovers a way to encounter Izquierdo's work up close - without the distance of museum glass or the weight of academic framing. It is an invitation to spend time with an artist who painted without fanfare, insisted on interior truth, and left behind a body of work that still feels startlingly present.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Blaze Carter\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1964003296\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781964003290\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Zone Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/27\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 74\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.18lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.15d","brand":"Blaze Carter","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48874687496447,"sku":"9781964003290","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-paintings-of-marza-izquierdo-blaze-carter-9781964003290","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}