Infinitas Gracias Contemporary Mexican Votive Painting

Name: Infinitas Gracias Contemporary Mexican Votive Painting
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ISBN: 9782020618618

ISBN-10: 2020618613

ISBN-13: 9782020618618

Edition: 2004

Authors: Alfredo Vilchis Roque, Pierre Schwartz, Victoire Di Rosa, Herve Di Rosa

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Infinitas Gracias is the first collection of the work of Alfredo Vilchis Roque, one of Mexico's most famous contemporary painters, and his sons. In the tradition of Catholic votives, each painting tells a miraculous tale and gives thanks to the intervening saint. Ablaze with intense color hearkening back to the natural pigment dyes of ancient Mexico, these works portray the kaleidoscope of issues that constitute modern urban existence. With over 200 paintings, from circus adventures to household accidents to adultery, drugs, and prostitution, Infinitas Gracias weaves together a bizarre tapestry of stories, some disturbing, some comical -- all unerringly wrought and profoundly touching.

Book details

List price: $24.95
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: Editions du Seuil
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 6.75" wide x 8.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.660
Language: English



Preface


Foreword


Self-portraits


Prosperity


Relationships


Natural Disasters


Parenthood


Accidents


Illness


Prostitution


The Circus


Urban Violence


Emigration


Mexican History


Homosexuality


The World Beyond


Sports


Alcohol


Driving


Religion


Rural Life


Drowning


Drugs and Depression


Extracts from the Journals of Alfredo Vichis Roque