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Title:
Homenaje a Tenochtitlan [VIDEORECORDING] : an installation for Day of the Dead / by Carmen Lomas Garza ; produced by Carmen Lomas Garza and Elizabeth Sher ; directed and edited by Elizabeth Sher.
Format:
[VIDEORECORDING] :
Publisher:
I.V. Studios,
Copyright Date:
c1996
Description:
1 videocassette (23 min., 30 sec.) : sd., col. : 1/2 in.
Subject:
Lomas Garza, Carmen--Exhibitions.
Mexican American art--Exhibitions.
All Souls' Day.
Installations (Art)--Exhibitions.
Documentary films.
Other Authors:
Lomas Garza, Carmen.
Sher, Elizabeth.
I.V. Studios.
Notes:
A documentary.
Summary:
Interviewed in 1992 as she creates, Chicana artist Carmen Lomas Garza installs a large ofrenda (altar) dedicated to the Aztecs of Tenochtitlan (Mexico City) and a smaller ofrenda to "La Malinche." She explains the significance of the Dia de los Muertos celebration and the symbolism of the special items she created as offerings to her ancestors and mentors. The exhibition was installed in the Smith College Museum of Art, Oct. 2-Nov. 22, 1992.
OCLC:
(OCoLC)36554185
Locations:
O4AX446 -- Chadwick Library

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