Reading this book resembles walking through an infinite street-art gallery in Mexico City: Di Rosa masterfully revives the elements of folklore but transforms them from stereotype to archetype. His style takes on popular Mexican art and the observer comes across with a comic-street stand-market version of mariachi players, lucha-libre fighters, women, nature, history and all that salsa. There is so much movement that in the end flipping the pages leaves the impression of having read a traveler's notebook, with no guide nor map and almost any text but with the souvenirs of a journey took on from one image to another. This is an artist's book.
Text in English, French and Spanish.
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Seller: Alkahest Books, Deerfield, IL, U.S.A.
hardcover. Condition: Fine. Di Rosa, Herve (illustrator). Octavo, unpaginated. Color art. Text in Spanish, French, English. With slipcase. Seller Inventory # 000017424
Seller: Libros Latinos, Redlands, CA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. unpag., color plates, photos, boards. The artist was born in France in 1959. An unusual visual production. Seller Inventory # 85378