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Raúl de Nieves: The Treasure House of Memory

Presented by Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston at The Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston, Boston MA

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Raúl de Nieves: The Treasure House of Memory

De Nieves’s visual language draws from Mexican craft traditions, religious iconography, and mythology to explore the transformational possibilities of adornment and the mutability of identity. This is his first museum presentation in Boston.

New York–based artist Raúl de Nieves (b. 1983, Michoacán, Mexico) is an interdisciplinary artist, performer, and musician whose multifaceted practice ranges from stained-glass-style narrative paintings to energetic performances, to densely adorned figurative sculptures encrusted with bells, beads, bangles, sequins, and other everyday materials. These opulent sculptures reference ritual costumes in Mexican culture and evoke other global theatrical traditions, from Japanese kabuki to circus ... view more »

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