Transgresoras – Mail Art and Messages, 1960s–2020
| Author | Zanna Gilbert and Elena Shtromberg eds. |
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| Publisher | X Artists' Books |
| ISBN | 9781970443196 |
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| Status | not yet published |
Transgresoras: Mail Art and Messages, 1960s–2020sis a survey of Latinx and Latin American women artiststhat used mail art, postal networks, messages, anddistribution in their work. By working outside of tradi-tional gallery and museum structures, the featuredartists transgressed gender norms and oppressivepolitical and artistic systems to evade the dominant artworld’s capitalistic structures and, in many historicalcases, undermine the censorship of authoritarianregimes. This richly-illustrated publication includestexts that examine the cultural and historic importanceand impact of key mail artworks. Featuring, among others, Anna Bella Geiger, Cecilia Vicuña, Graciela Gutiérrez Marx, Liliana Porter, Magali Lara, Marta Minujín, Mónica Mayer, Regina Silveira, Rosa de la Montaña (aka Teddy Sandoval), Virginia Errázuriz, Amalia Pica, Beatriz Cortez, Carmen Argote, Carolina Caycedo, Clarissa Tossin, Gala Porras-Kim, Giana de Dier, Marilyn Boror Bor, Regina José Galindo, Voluspa Jarpa.
| ills colour & bw, 22 x 28 cm, hb, English/Spanish |
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