Borderless : the art of Luis Tapia

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Label

Borderless : the art of Luis Tapia

Title remainder

the art of Luis Tapia

Statement of responsibility

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

Creator

• Tapia, Luis, (Luis Eligio), 1950-

Contributor

• Black, Charlene Villaseñor, 1962-
• Lippard, Lucy R.
• Hayes, Edward
• Nunn, Tey Marianna
• Chávez, Denise
• Padilla, Carmella
• Gioia, Dana

Contributor

• Nunn, Tey Marianna
• Lippard, Lucy R.
• Hayes, Edward
• Chávez, Denise

Editor

• Padilla, Carmella

Writer of introduction

• Black, Charlene Villaseñor, 1962-

Subject

• Hispanic American wood-carvers -- New Mexico
• New Mexico
• Tapia, Luis, (Luis Eligio), 1950-
• Tapia, Luis, (Luis Eligio), 1950-
• Wood-carving
• Wood-carving -- New Mexico
• Exhibition catalogs
• Exhibition catalogs
• Hispanic American artists
• Hispanic American artists -- New Mexico
• Hispanic American wood-carvers

Genre

• Exhibition catalogs

Language

eng

Summary

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

Cataloging source

BTCTA

Dewey number

736.4

Illustrations

• illustrations
• portraits

Index

no index present

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

• bibliography
• catalogs
• filmographies

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