Marta Palau: My Paths Are Earthly

Magic, exile and migration weave together in Palau’s pioneering oeuvre, especially in her anti-colonial textile sculptures made from natural materialsPublished with MUAC/Tapies Foundation.Spanish Mexican artist Marta Palau (1934–2022) was one of the first to focus on women’s and immigrants’ experiences in Mexico during the 1970s, especially through her Ilerda series and Nahual sculptures made with local materials.