Immigration in the Visual Art of Nicario Jiménez Quispe

Michael J. LaRosa; Steve Stein; Carol Damian

doi:10.5771/9781538128534

Summary

Art meets today’s political debate over immigration in this beautifully illustrated exploration of Nicario Jiménez Quispe’s retablos.

This beautifully illustrated full-color book offers a unique depiction of the current immigration debate through the creative gaze of renowned Peruvian artist Nicario Jiménez Quispe, a recent immigrant to the United States. An internationally recognized maker of retablos, Jiménez is creating work that powerfully encapsulates the struggles, possibilities, and tragedies of immigration from the Global South to North America.

A decorative box with figures in the interior, the retablo in the Andes became a sort of magical-religious box designed to increase fertility among the herds owned by the local peasant population. These boxes served as a means of exchange in a cash-free, rural environment. Now reimagined by Jiménez, the retablo offers compelling insights into the bitter immigration disputes dividing our nation.

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Edition: 1/2019
Copyright Year: 2019
ISBN-Print: 978-1-5381-2852-7
ISBN-Online: 978-1-5381-2853-4
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 131
Product Type: Monograph

1. Contents No access
2. Acknowledgments No access
3. Foreword: Continuity and Change in a Traditional Art Form, by Annette B. Fromm No access
1 By Way of Introduction No access Pages 1 - 8
2 The Retablo: Testimony, Tradition, and the Case for Fine Art in Popular Culture No access Pages 9 - 24
3 A Corporal and Artistic Migration: The Peruvian Years No access Pages 25 - 64
4 Art Questions Politics: An American Challenge No access Pages 65 - 100
5 Promise and Hope: The Other Side of Immigration No access Pages 101 - 120
Conclusion: Beyond the Wall No access Pages 121 - 124
Selected Bibliography No access Pages 125 - 126
Index No access Pages 127 - 130
About the Authors No access Pages 131 - 131