Mexico City has emerged as a thriving centre of contemporary art. This book takes Joseph Beuys' idea of 'social sculpture', or escultura social, as a multivalent reference point for understanding how these socially engaged works draw connections between people and nature and promote a demystified and democratic concept of art-making.

"Featuring the work of twenty artists, this bilingual volume includes several artists' writings ... about artist-run exhibition spaces"--P. [4] of cover.