Laura Anderson Barbata
b'Portrait, Laura Anderson Barbata. Photo: Jake Holler\\n\\nBorn in 1958 in Mexico City, Laura Anderson Barbata is a transdisciplinary artist, performer, writer, and educator who lives and works between New York and Mexico City.\\xa0Since 1992 Anderson Barbata has worked primarily in the social realm, initiating projects in the Venezuelan Amazon, Trinidad and Tobago, Mexico, Norway, and the United States. Among them is the ongoing\\xa0The Repatriation of Julia Pastrana, begun in 2005, which resulted in the removal of the project\\u2019s titular figure\\u2019s body from the Schreiner Collection in Oslo, Norway and its successful repatriation and burial in Sinaloa, Mexico, Pastrana\\u2019s birth state. The project continues with Anderson Barbata\\u2019s production of related artworks, publications, zines, and performances.\\n\\nAnderson Barbata is also known for her project\\xa0Transcommunality\\xa0(2001-present), presented in collaboration with stilt dancers, artists, and artisans from Mexico, New York, and the Caribbean. Transcommunality\\xa0has been staged at various museums, schools, and other public spaces both as exhibitions and performance \\u201cInterventions.\\u201d Among them are Columbia University, New York (2023); The Watermill Center, Water Mill (2021); Newcomb Art Museum, New Orleans (2021); MUCA Roma, UNAM, Mexico (2020); BRIC Arts | Media House, Brooklyn (2019); The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, D.C. (2019); Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston (2017, 2018); Rutgers University, New Brunswick (2017); United Nations Plaza, New York (2017); University of Wisconsin, Madison (2015); Museo Textil de Oaxaca, Mexico (2012, 2016); The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Texas (2008); and the Museum of Modern Art, New York (2007).\\n\\nInstallation View, Laura Anderson Barbata: Singing Leaf. Photo: Olympia Shannon\\n\\nArchive X, 1998/2023, handmade abaca paper bundles with inclusions from the New Testament in Spanish, Ye\\xb4Kuana, Yanomami, Ashuar, Maya, and Quechua languages on bamboo structure, unique installation dimensions variable. Photo: Olympia Shannon.\\n\\nEl miedo no anda en burro (autorretrato), 1998/2023, honey wax, mirror, sticks, and stones, unique, 15\\xbd x 7 7/8 x 6 in. / 39.4 x 20 x 15.2 cm. Photo: Olympia Shannon'