The Dark Side of Development in Mexico’s Isthmus of Tehuantepec
With handfuls of earth and hard data, a Oaxacan artist testifies to the toll that a wind farm boom and other changes have taken on her native lands.
This article is adapted from AQ’s special report on the 2024 U.S. presidential election and its impact on Latin America Earth caked onto cotton paper, industrial waste and gold dust layered in violent strokes and thin lines. In her latest exhibition, Layú biza’bi, the Oaxacan artist Dell Alvarado creates a visceral testimony to a territory singled out for development promotion by Mexico’s outgoing president—but riven by the environmental toll of resource extraction. In collages, sketches and sculptures, Alvarado draws on her own extensive travel through the mountains,...
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