The Caliban Codex: mud, blood and spurious issues.
The internationally known and respected Cherokee Indian artist Jimmie Durham created the conceptual mixed-media installation The Caliban Codex in anticipation of the 1992 quincentennial Columbian celebrations that were held throughout the Americas. He used Shakespeare's The Tempest as a vehicle by w...
| Publicado en: | Visual Studies Vol. 24; no. 3; pp. 224 - 235 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Dec2009
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