Laura Anderson Barbata Transcommunality (6 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Very Good - Crisp, clean, unread book with some shelfwear/edgewear, may have a remainder mark - NICE Standard-sized.

Hardcover. Quarto. Hardcover. Illustrated cloth binding. 229 pages (1 folded) : color illustrations ; 35 cm. This book that celebrates the artist Laura Anderson Barbata's alliance with traditional stilt dancers from the West Indies and Mexico, as well as her collaboration with artisans of Oaxaca, Mexico. Born in Mexico City, Barbata is a multidisciplinary artist who has worked primarily in the social realm. The book features her iconic work with stilt dancers, for whom she creates, in collaboration with community members and traditional artisans, costumes and wearable sculptures. The resulting works challenge the notions of collaborative community art, public art, performance, sculpture and tradition. NF. Like new besides small stamp stating withdrawn from a research library. …

Hardback. Condition: New.

Hardback. Condition: New.

1. Aufl. Transcommunality examines the beginning of the project in Trinidad and Tobago, and highlights the way Anderson Barbata has integrated into her work The Brooklyn Jumbies, a group of stilt dancers from the West Indies and West Africa living in Brooklyn and more recently collaborating with Los Zancudos de Zaachila from Oaxaca, Mexico. By uniting these two living traditions and working alongside them, Anderson Barbata bridges continents, cultures and communities creating astonishing work that melds contemporary art and cultural heritage practices. (Sehr gut erhalten - neu / in very good condition - as new) Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 2400 ill. OLeinen / Hardcover (cloth).…

Hardcover. Condition: New.