Book Mexico City
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Book Mexico City by Assouline
Description
With a history dating back to the 14th century, Mexico City blends indigenous pre-Hispanic roots, colonial architecture and Spanish Baroque influences. This unique fusion, made from local materials like cantera and tezontle, inspires artists and architects. Iconic structures like Diego Rivera’s Anahuacalli Museum and Juan O’Gorman’s Cave House proudly embody the city’s rich history. Today, Mexico City serves as a dynamic setting for renowned filmmakers such as Alejandro Gonzlez Irritu, Alfonso Cuarn and Michel Franco. Discover a city of wonders, where history and creativity come to life.
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- 2.5kg
About the Author
Born in Mexico City, Aleph Molinari is an editor, writer, art director and photographer. He is co-editor of Purple magazine, as well as a contributor to Materia Press, Art Observed and other publications. His work focuses on the materialization of culture through publications, exhibitions and campaigns. Among his projects, he co-curated the Purple Festival at the Palais Galliera in Paris, created a botanical sculpture for Soundwalk Collective and Patti Smith’s Evidence exhibition at the Center Pompidou, and worked on programming for Soundwalk Collective’s project The Third Eye at Karl Lagerfeld. 7L library. He lives in Paris.
Anfisa Vrubel is an editor, writer and researcher whose work focuses on the intersection of art, culture and politics. Vrubel is the editor-in-chief of Art Observed and Purple magazines, where she publishes original articles and interviews with leading artists and thinkers in politics, ecology, art and culture . . After studying government at Harvard, she pursued an editorial career, working for publications such as The Brooklyn Rail and its spinoff publication, The River Rail, devoted to art and environmental criticism. Vrubel is grandiose in New York and lives between that city and Mexico.
