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Featured Books
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Latin American Art
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Twentieth-Century Art of Latin America
Jacqueline Barnitz
This highly readable and accessible overview of Latin American art has become a standard in the field. The author treats the subject chronologically from the 1890s to 1990, emphasizing various strains and movements rather than limiting her discussions geographically. She takes a broad, contextual approach, underscoring the influences upon Latin American art and conversely its impact internationally. One minor failing for a book whose title suggests complete coverage of the century is the lack of attention given to the final decade.
N 6502.5 .B376 2001
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Ana Mendieta: Earth Body: Sculpture and Performance, 1972 - 1985
Olga Viso
The short life and career of Ana Mendieta, a Cuban-American artist, is celebrated in this definitive study and picturesque presentation of her work. The essays provide intriguing personal reflections on her life and scholarly interpretation of her sculpture and performances. Archival materials, film stills, and photography illustrate her early school performances in Iowa through to her popular earth-body works.
N 6537 .M46 A4 2004
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Inverted Utopias: Avant-Garde Art in Latin America
Mari Carmen Ramirez, Hector Olea
This book reveals the theoretical and artistic ingenuity of over seventy artists from Mexico, Central and South America, and the Caribbean during key periods of the 20th century. It also presents previously unavailable original texts and manifestoes authored by artists of the Latin American avant-garde in English translation. The book additionally provides biographical information, interpretative essays and illustrates 250 important artistic works.
N 6502.5 .R3613 2004
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Readings in Latin American Modern Art
Patrick Frank
Comprised of no less than 60 texts, this compilation of artists´ statements, manifestos, interviews, and critical essays fills a notable void in the literature of Latin American art. Significantly, the editor has chosen works that give voice to a disparate range of artists with emphasis given to inaccessible or insufficiently represented texts. Ultimately, it serves to paint a more accurate picture of modern and contemporary art in Latin America and beyond.
N 6502.5 .R43 2004
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