Harmonia Rosales: Master Narrative

Harmonia Rosales: Master Narrative is the first major touring exhibition and first scholarly catalogue of the work of contemporary artist Harmonia Rosales. It features over twenty paintings and a monumental sculptural installation and rewrites the canon of art history from the perspective of an Afro-Cuban American woman in the twenty-first century. The exhibition highlights the beauty and strength of Black people, particularly women, while touching upon grand narratives of creation, tragedy, survival, and transcendence.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 96 pages
Publication date: 31 March 2023
Publisher: Paul Holberton Publishing Ltd

Harmonia Rosales is a Los Angeles-based artist who rewrites the canon of art history from the perspective of an Afro-Cuban American woman in the twenty-first century. Her canvases seamlessly weave the tales and characters rooted in West African Yorùbá religion, Greek mythology, and Christianity with the canonical works and artistic techniques of the European Renaissance. Through her visual storytelling, Rosales presents the notion of human and cultural survival on her own terms, highlighting the beauty and strength of Black people, particularly women, while touching upon grand narratives of creation, tragedy, survival, and transcendence.

This beautifully illustrated publication includes a catalogue of works in the exhibition, a biography of the artist, and new essays by noted scholars in their fields. These essays explore themes ranging from storytelling and narrative to gender and depiction of beauty to race and diaspora.

Harmonia Rosales: Master Narrative is the artist's first major touring exhibition and first scholarly catalogue of her work. It showcases over twenty paintings and a monumental sculptural installation, providing a comprehensive view of her artistic journey. The exhibition is on view at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles until January 15, 2023.

Dimension: 250 x 200 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781913645502