Donna Huanca: Espejo Quemada

Donna Huanca's latest volume, Espejo Quemada, explores decolonial, feminist, and personal themes in the West Texas landscape through Huanca's painting and sculpture. The bilingual English and Spanish catalog documents the exhibition of the same name at Ballroom Marfa, focusing on Huanca's first memories of Marfa, Texas. The book includes essays from curator Daisy Nam, Whitney Museum of Art associate curator Marcela Guerrero, and poet Raquel Gutiérrez, as well as a transcription of a walkthrough by poet and cultural critic Roberto Tejada.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 160 pages
Publication date: 18 October 2022
Publisher: Inventory Press LLC

The latest volume from Chicago-born, Berlin-based multimedia artist Donna Huanca (born 1980) delves into the landscape of West Texas, while also incorporating visual, cultural, and mythological cues informed by feminism, decolonialism, and the artist's personal histories. Documenting the exhibition of the same name at Ballroom Marfa (the title of which translates to "burnt mirror"), the bilingual English and Spanish catalog explores Huanca's first memories of Marfa, Texas. Created during the pandemic, Espejo Quemada shifts away from Huanca's live public performance work and focuses on the inherent performative presence in her sculptures and paintings, including the use of mirrors. With essays from Ballroom Marfa curator Daisy Nam, Whitney Museum of Art associate curator Marcela Guerrero, and poet Raquel Gutiérrez, alongside the transcription of a walkthrough by poet and cultural critic Roberto Tejada, Espejo Quemada serves as a reminder that the sentient body is a potent source and repository of memory, intuitive knowledge, imagination, and desire.

Weight: 431g
Dimension: 251 x 196 x 13 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781941753507