Firelei Báez: Trust Memory over History

A multipronged analysis of the Dominican American artist's cartographic palimpsests
In her monumental paintings and installations, the Dominican American artist Firelei Báez (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 Báez'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 Báez's works, poet Warsan Shire and author Katrine Rasmussen Kielsen contribute texts considering the legacy of colonialism.

Zusammenfassung

A multipronged analysis of the Dominican American artist’s cartographic palimpsests
In her monumental paintings and installations, the Dominican American artist Firelei Báez (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 Báez’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 Báez’s works, poet Warsan Shire and author Katrine Rasmussen Kielsen contribute texts considering the legacy of colonialism.

Produktdetails

• Mitarbeit: Firelei Baez (Herausgeber), Malou Wedel Bruun (Herausgeber), Amalie Marie Laustsen (Herausgeber), Mathias Ussing Seeberg (Herausgeber), Andreas Beitin (Vorwort), Beitin Andreas (Vorwort), Mathias Ussing Seeberg (Vorwort), Poul Erik Tøjner (Vorwort)
• Verlag: Ingram Publishers Services
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 26.03.2024
• EAN: 9788793659711
• ISBN: 978-87-93659-71-1
• Seiten: 92
• Abmessung: 241 mm x 330 mm x 9 mm
• Gewicht: 580 g
• Illustration: Illustrationen, nicht spezifiziert
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Kunst > Allgemeines, Lexika; Latin America, ART / History / General, HISTORY / Caribbean & West Indies / General, ART / Caribbean & Latin American, ART / Individual Artists / Monographs, ART / Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions / General, HISTORY / Latin America / General, History of art / art & design styles, Caribbean islands, History of Art, Exhibition catalogues & specific collections, Latin America – Mexico, Central America, South America, Individual artists, art monographs, History of the Americas, Exhibition catalogues and specific collections