Nicolás De Jesús

Name: Nicolás De Jesús
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SKU: 9783777438443
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A Mexican Artist for Global Justice

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Nicolás De Jesús showcases the vibrant and politically charged artworks of Mexican artist Nicolás De Jesús, known for his unique etchings on bark paper depicting skeleton-characters engaged in everyday activities and social commentary. The book features a broad selection of his large-scale paintings that confront pressing issues such as immigration, human rights, and environmental challenges. Spanning three decades, the collection reflects his blend of Mexican traditions and global influences from cities like Chicago, Paris, and Jakarta, while addressing contemporary crises like the US Capitol attack, migrant repression, racial injustice, and the COVID-19 pandemic.
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This book is ideal for readers interested in Latin American art, contemporary socio-political issues in visual culture, and those involved in academic or library collections focused on decolonisation and diverse artistic traditions.

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Well-known for his etchings on bark paper featuring dazzling skeleton-characters working, celebrating, walking the streets, or crossing borders, Nicolás De Jesús's political commitment is also expressed through powerful large-scale paintings that tackle a wide range of urgent themes including immigration, human rights, and environmental instability.

Nicolás De Jesús's art offers a nostalgic and yet lucid interpretation of our world. While his art emerges from Mexican artistic traditions, it is coupled with his international experience in cities like Chicago, Paris, and Jakarta. His work also addresses crises like the storming of the US Capitol, the repression faced by migrants and Black Americans, and the disasters of COVID-19. Covering three decades of artwork, Nicolás De Jesús offers a challenge to the conventional definition of contemporary art.

With essays by Felipe Ehrenberg (late contemporary artist, Mexico); Patrice Giasson (Alex Gordon Curator of Art of the Americas, Neuberger Museum of Art); Aline Hémond (Professor of Anthropology, Université de Picardie-Jules Verne); Julian Kreimer (Associate Professor of Art History, SUNY-Purchase); Caroline Perrée (art historian; Associate Researcher, CEMCA); Pablo Piccato (Professor of History, Columbia University).

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"Nicolás de Jesús has wide appeal and will be a good addition to any public, academic, or specialized library, especially if the institution is dedicated to decolonizing their collection and has a strong collection in Latin American art." – ARLIS/NA Reviews

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9783777438443

Publisher: Hirmer Verlag

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 24 March 2022

Country: Germany

Imprint: Hirmer Verlag

Illustration: 75 Illustrations, color

Contributors:

Edited by Patrice Giasson
Contributions by F. Ehrenberg
Contributions by P. Giasson
Contributions by A. Hémond
Contributions by J. Kreimer
Contributions by C. Perrée
Contributions by P. Piccato

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 230.0mm

Height: 280.0mm

Weight: 1130g

Pages: 176

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Arts & Culture Education & Reference Non-Fiction

About the Author

Patrice Giasson is the Alex Gordon Curator of Art of the Americas at the Neuberger Museum of Art (NMA) and teaches in the Department of Art History at SUNY Purchase College since 2009. He specializes in Modern and Contemporary Latin American art. He has curated several exhibitions of Latin American art and published extensively. He is the editor of A Studio in the Museum: The Playful Universe of Ignacio Iturria (NMA, SUNY Purchase College, 2018); Teresa Margolles: We Have a Common Thread (NMA, SUNY Purchase College, 2015); Pre-Columbian Remix: The Art of Enrique Chagoya, Demián Flores, Rubén Ortiz-Torres, and Nadín Ospina (NMA, SUNY Purchase College, 2013); Brincando Fronteras, Creaciones Locales Mexicanas y Globalización (Mexico: CONACULTA, 2012); and Memorias sobre la Pintura Didáctica y la Escritura Figurativa de los Antiguos Mexicanos (Mexico: UNAM, 2002, 2nd Ed. 2009). He is the co-editor, with Helaine Posner, of Leandro Erlich: Port of Reflections (NMA, SUNY Purchase College, 2017). From 2005 to 2007, Giasson was Postdoctoral researcher at the Centre de Recherches sur les Arts et le Langage at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS-PARIS) and recipient of a Fellowship of the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada.