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Artist Amalia Mesa-Bains discusses her artwork within the context of other Latino/a artists.
Amalia Mesa-Bains discusses her recent work in the context of other Latino/a artists in this slide-illustrated lecture. Currently interested in the idea of human geographies and the separation and crossing of space, Mesa-Bains' new work for USC Fisher Gallery's exhibition "Mixed Feelings: Art and Culture in the Postborder Metropolis," called "What the River Gave to Me," focuses on the natural markers of imposed divisions and ruptures and the sense of spirit that resides in these natural landscapes as they are subverted to stand for forced social separations.
Mesa-Bains' studies began at San Jose State University where she received her BA in 1966. She also received an MA from San Francisco State College, and her Ph.D. from the Wright Institute in Berkeley, CA. Mesa-Bains has pioneered the documentation and interpretation of Chicano traditions in Chicano art through both her art and her cultural activism, and she has been the recipient of many distinguished awards, such as the MacArthur Fellowship from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, and the Service to the Field Award from the Association of Hispanic Artists, which she received in 1992.
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