Phyllis La Farge & Magdalena Caris: Painted Walls of Mexico

by Homero Aridjis

When author Phyllis La Farge and photographer Magdalena Caris recently took a journey from the city of Xalapa in the state of Veracruz to the town of Coatepec, they noted that on the facades of countless public and private buildings, improvised murals had been painted. The wit and exuberance of these wall paintings, whether commercial or simply decorative, suggested an urban visual lingo that could be traced to the ancestral murals of pre-Columbian...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9689056239
• ISBN13: 9789689056232
• Release Date: May 2008
• Publisher: Turner (Spain)
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 8.6" x 9.6"