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Branching Out

By Miriam Oesterreich

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Branching Out

By Miriam Oesterreich

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This chapbook examines the aestheticization of plants in colonial discourses and charts visualizations of art histories that use the tree as a metaphor. In doing so, Miriam Oesterreich considers how 'tropicalized' tree forms have been reappropriated to portray a more 'worlded' art history. In the mid-twentieth century, prominent visual artists including Miguel Covarrubias, Alfred Barr, and Ad Reinhardt featured trees of art as canonizing illustrations of Western art history. Using Pablo León de la Barra's poster Diagrama Tropical/Nova Cartografia Tropical (2010) as a starting point, Branching Out discusses works by contemporary artists from Latin America and the Caribbean to look at the subversive potential in reimagining plant images and metaphors.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
92
Release Date:
2025-05-13
Publication Date:
2025-05-13
Publisher:
ICI Berlin Press
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
3965580736
ISBN13:
9783965580732
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
138 g
Height:
127 cm
Width:
178 cm
Thickness:
7 cm
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