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Author:
De Middel, Cristina, 1975- artist.
Title:
Cucurrucucú / Cristina de Middel.
Publisher:
RM,
Copyright Date:
2016
Description:
399 pages : illustrations ; 1 booklet (16 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 22 cm) 1 booklet (16 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 22 cm)
Subject:
Artists' books.
Death in art.
Violence in art.
Mexico City (Mexico)--Social conditions--21st century--Pictorial works.
Artists' books.
Death in art.
Social conditions.
Violence in art.
Mexico--Mexico City.
2000-2099
Pictorial works.
Other Authors:
Medina, Cuauhtémoc, writer of added commentary.
Notes:
Includes essay: Esa suerte que tiene olor a muerte (= That fate that smells like death) by Cuauhtémoc Medina. Accompanying booklet contains photographs from Mexican crime tabloids, which inspired the drawings in the book. "Photographs: Images acquired in La Lagunilla flea market in Mexico City, 2015"--Colophon. Includes bibliographical references.
Summary:
Mexican-based, Spanish-born documentary photographer Christina de Middel (born 1975) offers 200 drawings of different archival news magazine photographs accompanied by lyrics of Mexican ranchera songs. A pastiche of forms, Cucurrucucú invites us to reexamine the violence concealed beneath accepted codes, whether in photojournalism or folk music. Publisher.
ISBN:
841628265X
9788416282654
OCLC:
(OCoLC)981246238
Locations:
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

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