Published by RM. Text by Imma Prieto Carrillo, Amanda de la Garza, María Dolores Jiménez-Blanco, Maria Josep Balsach i Peig, Rita Eder Rozencwajg, Cuauhtémoc Medina González.
Published with MUAC/Tapies Foundation.
Spanish Mexican artist Marta Palau (1934–2022) was one of the first to focus on women’s and immigrants’ experiences in Mexico during the 1970s, especially through her Ilerda series and Nahual sculptures made with local materials.
Published by Turner/UNAM/Conaculta. Edited by Virginia Ruano. Text by Ilda Rodriguez Prampolini, Fransisco Reyes Palma, Cuauhtémoc Medina, Rita Eder, José Barrios, Renato Gonzales Mello.
Alongside colleagues like Francisco Toledo and Cecilia Vicuña, Mexican artist Marta Palau has broken ground in late-twentieth and early-twenty-first century multicultural work. This overview of her oeuvre from 1960 to the present tracks everything from textiles to installations, and analyzes her investigations of hot-button social, political, racial and cultural issues including women's bodies and migration. The book is an art object in itself, showcasing Palau's experimental and innovative techniques, materials and methodologies, all deployed in relation to their historical context. Palau studied painting and sculpture in Mexico City, printmaking in San Diego and fabric in Barcelona, Spain; beyond Mexico, she has shown her work in California, Atlanta, Washington, D.C. and at the Havana Biennial.
Marta Palau