Missing Bodies, Invocation, and Amalia Mesa-Bains’s Altar-Installations.

The article focuses on the altar installations of artist Amalia Mesa-Bains, which explore themes of absence and the invocation of missing bodies through various artistic forms. Her works, particularly the "Venus Envy" series, reflect on personal and collective histories, addressing the erasure of wo...

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Published in:	Aztlan: Journal of Chicano Studies Vol. 50; no. 1; pp. 115 - 134
Main Author:	Pérez, Laura E.
Format:	Article
Published:	Chicano Studies Research Center Spring2025
Subjects:	Africans Torture Envy Themes in art Installation art Mexican Americans Art theory Figurines Academic dissertations
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