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Overview"A multipronged analysis of the Dominican American artist's cartographic palimpsests In her monumental paintings and installations, the Dominican American artist Firelei B�ez (born 1981) creates images bursting with symbols from folktales, colonial occupation, legendary creatures and revolutions. She paints images on top of maps, book pages and found ephemera that combine abstraction and figuration, personal perspectives with grand historical narratives and Caribbean mythology with science fiction. This colorful publication serves as an introduction to B�ez's work. The artist discusses how she interrogates powerful concepts such as truth and history throughout her practice. Special attention is paid to her ""palimpsests,"" paintings on top of colonial maps or construction plans for colonial architecture, both of which represent the establishment's notion of objectivity. Inspired by B�ez's works, poet Warsan Shire and author Katrine Rasmussen Kielsen contribute texts considering the legacy of colonialism." Full Product DetailsAuthor: Firelei Baez , Firelei Baez , Malou Wedel Bruun , Amalie Marie LaustsenPublisher: Louisiana Imprint: Louisiana ISBN: 9788793659711ISBN 10: 8793659717 Pages: 92 Publication Date: 09 May 2024 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsReviews"The maps, too, are a fantasy, advancing the fiction that we could treat the earth as an object to be measured, cut up, and extracted from without consequences.--AX Mina ""Hyperallergic""" Author InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |