Her altar-like installations tackle big targets like the Roman Catholic Church, colonialism, and patriarchy, while emphasizing overlooked histories through an aesthetic of accumulation, manifesting experience, reference, memory, and transfiguration.
The exhibition at El Museo del Barrio marks a significant moment in Mesa-Bains's career as she takes control of her legacy by linking all her major installations for the first time, presenting a retrospective that transforms into a unique mega-work.
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