What is it about?

The article unravels the Influence of Mexican American heritages in the paintings of Maria Tomasula who fuses the Latin American practices into the European still life traditions to create her unique syncretic art.

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Why is it important?

Her paintings are not merely intriguing visual arrangements of flowers, fruits, and bugs, but are symbolic representations with serious content dealing with issues of suffering, death, and life.

Perspectives

This study reveals the complexity of Tomasula's still lifes as well as her intercultural experience as a Mexican American practicing in European pictorial tradition.

Soo Kang
Chicago State University

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This page is a summary of: Embedded still lifes: Mexican American heritage in the art of Maria Tomasula, Journal of Contemporary Painting, October 2018, Intellect,
DOI: 10.1386/jcp.4.2.363_1.
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