Olga Costa

Name: Olga Costa
Brand: Thames and Hudson (Australia) Pty Ltd
SKU: 9783777440774
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Dialogues with Mexican Modernism

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This volume explores the life and art of Olga Costa (1913-1993), a German-born artist who became a pivotal female figure in Mexican Modernism. It traces her journey from Leipzig to Mexico, highlighting her self-taught artistic development amidst Mexican and European Modernism. Costa’s work captures vibrant everyday scenes and landscapes, infused with themes of cultural identity, feminism, and her engagement with contemporary artistic dialogues, situating her among influential artists such as Frida Kahlo.
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Ideal for readers interested in arts and culture, particularly those keen on Mexican Modernism, female artists of the 20th century, and the intersections of cultural identity and politics in art.

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In her elective home country of Mexico, the artist Olga Costa (1913-1993), a native of Leipzig, has long been established as an important female voice of Mexican Modernism. This volume presents impressively her autonomous artistic work between Mexican and European Modernism and follows the traces of her life from Germany out into the world and back again.

As the daughter of a Jewish-Ukrainian musician, the autodidact Olga Costa emigrated to Mexico in the 1920s, where she explored her new surroundings in her painting. Throughout her life, she was not only inspired by people's everyday lives and the intensive colours of the landscape but also by the dialogue with other artistic positions. It was not least Costa's examination of questions of cultural identity and feminism as well as her broad cultural-political commitment that made her one of the most important women artists in the circle surrounding Frida Kahlo.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9783777440774

Publisher: Hirmer Verlag

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 23 February 2023

Country: Germany

Imprint: Hirmer Verlag

Illustration: 147 Illustrations

Contributors:

Edited by Sabine Hoffmann
Edited by Stefan Weppelmann
Contributions by B. Caro Cocotle
Contributions by D. Comisarenco Mirkin
Contributions by D. Garza Usabiaga
Contributions by A. Rager
Contributions by A. López Rodríguez

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 230.0mm

Height: 270.0mm

Weight: 1180g

Pages: 256

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Arts & Culture Education & Reference Non-Fiction

About the Author

Stefan Weppelmann has been the director of the Museum der bildenden Kunste in Leipzig since 2021.

Sabine Hoffmann is Researcher in the Director's Office of the Museum der bildenden Künste Leipzig.