Borderless
Subtitle: the art of Luis Tapia
By: foreword by Dana Gioia ; introduction by Charlene Villaseñor Black ; with essays by Lucy R. Lippard ; Tey Marianna Nunn ; Denise Chávez ; Edward Hayes ; edited by Carmella Padilla
Contributors: Gioia, Dana, writer of foreword; Black, Charlene Villaseñor, 1962- writer of introduction; Lippard, Lucy R., contributor; Nunn, Tey Marianna, contributor; Chávez, Denise, contributor; Hayes, Edward, contributor; Padilla, Carmella, editor
Publisher: Museum of Latin American Art
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 216
ISBN-13: 9780980108088
Copyright date: 2017
Subjects: Hispanic American artists; Hispanic American wood-carvers; Wood-carving
Description: Born in Santa Fe, New Mexico, in 1950, sculptor Luis Tapia is a pioneering Chicano artist who for forty-five years has pushed the art of polychrome wood sculpture to new levels of craftsmanship and social and political commentary. Tapia's works speak to the complexity of Latino/Hispano/Chicano identity, history, and contemporary culture, offering compelling insights and challenging perspectives on life in the barrio, on the border, and beyond. Rooted in a folk art tradition established in seventeenth-century New Mexico, Tapia's work at once honors its origins, reinterprets traditional subject matter, and revitalizes age-old techniques. As an artist and activist whose works have been internationally exhibited and collected, Tapia informs and educates non-Hispanic viewers about the Chicano and Nuevomexicano experience. At the same time, he transcends cultural and ethnic borders through the elegance of his craft and commentary. In this first publication devoted to Tapia's artistic legacy, leading art historians, curators, and literary figures consider Tapia's art both inside and outside the local and regional contexts in which it is made. With more than 100 photographic reproductions, Borderless illuminates Tapia's relevance and vitality within the broader national and international artistic conversation.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and filmography (pages 208-211).
Table of contents: title: The cosmopolitan and the campesino : foreword  -- Dana Gioia; title: Artist in between : introduction  -- Charlene Villaseñor Black; title: Nobody's perfect  -- Lucy R. Lippard; title: ¡Órale!  -- Tey Marianna Nunn; title: Luis Tapia: firme*  -- Denise Chávez; title: Borderless : the art of Luis Tapia --; title: Cada mente es un mundo : a day in the world of Luis Tapa -- Edward Hayes-- Notes-- Selected collections-- Selected exhibitions-- Selected bibliography-- Acknowledgments /-- Carmella Padilla-- About the contributors.