Description
Book SynopsisNasher museum catalog following an installation by Pedro Lasch, where pre-Colombian sculptures were presented facing away from viewers, toward black mirrors, reflecting on the history of colonialism in the Americas.
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments / Agradecimientos xi
Preface / Prefacio, Kimerly Rorschach xiv
Foreword / Prólogo, Srinivas Aravamudan 2
Black Mirror / Espejo Negro
Introductory Statement by the Artist / Texto introductorio del artista, Pedro Lasch 10
Black Mirror, Ink Mirror: Fascination as Entrapment / Espejo negro, espejo de tinta: La fascinación como trampa, Arnaud Maillet 50
Stone Muse / Musa de piedra, Jennifer A. González 64
Colonial Reflections/Magical Imaginations: Pedro Lasch's Tezcatlipoca / Reflejos coloniales/imaginaciones mágicas: El Tezcatlipoca de Petro Lasch, Pete Sigal 74
Decolonial Aesthetics: Unlearning and Relearning the Museum Through Pedro Lasch's Black Mirror/Espejo Negro / Estética descolonial: desaprendiendo y reaprendiendo el museo a través del Black Mirror/Espejo Negro de Pedro Lasch, Walter Mignolo 86
Index / índice 104
Contributors / Contribuyentes 110
