María Brito |
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| Author:
| Martinez, Juan A. |
| Series title: | A Ver Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-89551-108-9 |
| Publication Date: | Oct 2009 |
| Publisher: | University of Minnesota Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $60.00 |
Book Description:
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One of the most revered members of "the Miami Generation," a group of Cuban-born artists who emigrated to the United States, María Brito is a painter, sculptor, and installation artist best known for her elaborately constructed room-like works that embody narratives of loss and displacement. Brito also draws on personal iconography to create challenging works that are at once deeply autobiographical and reflect a profound fluency with the history of Western art. Juan A. Martinez...
More DescriptionOne of the most revered members of "the Miami Generation," a group of Cuban-born artists who emigrated to the United States, María Brito is a painter, sculptor, and installation artist best known for her elaborately constructed room-like works that embody narratives of loss and displacement. Brito also draws on personal iconography to create challenging works that are at once deeply autobiographical and reflect a profound fluency with the history of Western art. Juan A. Martinez examines the unique interplay of the personal and the universal in this Miami-based artist's diverse mixed-media works.