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Description - Public Space: Ximena Labra by Ximena Labra

Chronicling the aesthetics of sacrifice in Mexican artist Ximena Labra's public interventions This volume documents 25 years of public interventions by Mexico City–based artist Ximena Labra (born 1972). Focusing in particular on Labra's use of the supernatural and carnivalesque aesthetics of sacrifice, the book features texts by Cuauhtemoc Medina, Jose Luis Barrios and Bef. SELLING POINTS: . Ximena Labra (Mexico, 1972) is a new force in the vibrant contemporary Art Scene of Mexico. . Over the past twenty-five years, Labra has developed a way of intervening in public space that engenders both a tale about society and a critique of symbols. . This book surveys her supernatural and carnivalesque aes¬thetics of sacrifice, reviewing her interventions . This monograph includes texts by Cuauhtemoc Medina, Jose Luis Barrios and Bef. 133 images

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