María Brito

María Brito

Juan A. Martinez

Exploring the art and personal iconography of the prominent Cuban-born American sculptor and installation artist

128 Pages, 7 x 10 in

  • Paperback
  • 9780895511096
  • Published: October 15, 2009
  • Series: A Ver
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María Brito

Series: A Ver

Juan A. Martinez

ISBN: 9780895511096

Publication date: October 15th, 2009

128 Pages

10 x 7

One of the most revered members of “the Miami Generation,” a group of Cuban-born artists who emigrated to the United States, María Brito is a painter, sculptor, and installation artist best known for her elaborately constructed room-like works that embody narratives of loss and displacement. Brito also draws on personal iconography to create challenging works that are at once deeply autobiographical and reflect a profound fluency with the history of Western art.
 
In this new volume in the landmark A Ver series and the first major book on Brito’s career, Juan A. Martinez examines the unique interplay of the personal and the universal in this Miami-based artist’s diverse mixed-media works.

Juan A. Martinez is professor and chair of art and art history at Florida International University in Miami.