Amalia Mesa-Bains, Detail Cihuatlamoa, the Place of the Giant Woman, 1997-2013
Amalia Mesa-Bains, Private Landscapes and Public Territories 1998-2012
Amalia Mesa-Bains. Image credit: Art News
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06.23.18 - 09.16.18

Private Landscapes & Public Territories

Botanicals, Archives, and Libraries in the work of Amalia Mesa-Bains

The work in this exhibition focuses on the importance of place and memory through botanical prints, mapping images, landscape shadow boxes, altars, folding books and installations. The themes of family geographies and historical displacements of Latino and native peoples are represented through border maps, archival images and native plants. The narratives of human geography help us to see that our private landscapes have always been part of larger public territories beset by histories of change, loss and memory.

 

“"Amalia Mesa-Bains' large installation work that incorporates Chicano culture and folk traditions is a natural and dynamic engagement with Sonoma's multicultural community and the mission of SVMA to "Build Community Around Art." Her pioneering work is accessible, moving, and at times, even mystical. We are thrilled to present the groundbreaking art of this nationally and internationally renowned artist.””
— Linda Keaton, Executive Director, Sonoma Valley Museum of Art