Mexican Folk Art: From Oaxacan Artist Families [Hardcover]

Arden Aibel Rothstein (Author), Anya Leah Rothstein (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 2007

This beautiful reference introduces contemporary Mexican folk art by featuring prominent artists from Oaxaca in southeastern Mexico. Their unique artworks are introduced and illustrated. Crafted from natural materials, their ceramics, weaving, woodcarving, embroidery, tin work, toys, jewelry, candles, dried flower crafts, basketry, and celebrations of Day of the Dead handicrafts incorporate unique blends of indigenous myths with ancient patterns from Zapotec ruins. These folk art traditions have been preserved for hundreds of years. This sampler features 87+ artists belonging to 45+ families, many useful maps, and over 500 color photographs of their distinctive works. A useful resource section includes a list of shops and markets of Oaxaca City and 12 of its surrounding pueblos, and a glossary identifies the frequently-used Mexican terms that apply to these folk arts. This will be a treasured source of reference and inspiration for all who love folk art.

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About the Author

Arden and Anya Rothstein, mother and daughter, live in New York City. Arden is a psychoanalyst and clinical psychologist in private practice and a Faculty member at the NYU Psychoanalytic Institute, NYU Medical Center where she is also a Clinical Professor of Psychiatry. Anya is a high school student at the Poly-Prep Country Day School in Brooklyn, New York whose hobby is photography.

In 1998 Arden took her family to Oaxaca to share beloved memories of three teenage summers spent there forty years earlier. Her love for and fascination with the area -- especially its folk artist families -- were rekindled. Intrigued by visiting pueblos and meeting artists in their homes, Anya (almost exactly the age at which Arden first traveled to Oaxaca) joins in preserving its artistic tradition and treasures in photographs. In the course of preparing this book they have stayed in the same lovely home and eaten the same fabulous food prepared by the same loving cook of Arden’s teenage years. Most importantly, this project has served as their justification for "having" to make many pilgrimages to a place they adore. --This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 260 pages
• Publisher: Schiffer Publishing; Rev Exp edition (August 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0764326732
• ISBN-13: 978-0764326738
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 11.1 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #793,301 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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12 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful, January 6, 2007

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M. Allen "Lovely Reviews" - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mexican Folk Art: From Oaxacan Artist Families (Hardcover)

This is a great book, that shows over 40 families in Mexico who make Mexican folk arts. There is a short history of each family and pictures of what they craft with the price and address to order it. There are also tons of beautiful pictures :) This is a great book !

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Book, February 26, 2009

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Lynn (Clarksville, Ohio USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Mexican Folk Art: From Oaxacan Artist Families (Hardcover)

This book was such a great resource to assist me in deciding what artists I wanted to visit during my recent trip to Oaxaca. I would not have been able to locate some of these artists had I not had this book.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Mexican Folk Art, December 22, 2008

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Diane C., Goelz "critical" (Paso Robles, Calif.) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mexican Folk Art: From Oaxacan Artist Families (Hardcover)

This is an extensive look at the crafts of Oaxaca amd the families who make them. I used this book as a guide when I visted Oaxaca. It is accurate. Very nice photos.