Documents of Latin American and Latino Art

The art critic Samuel Paz wrote that art produced around 1959 was a pursuit rich with collective experiences, yet poor in individual outcome. In his opinion, rebellion today is mastering the path to “extroverted creation.” Although, contrary to [...]

French poet Louis Aragon begins this text by establishing a comparison between the wood of the quebracho tree and the peasants; he describes their physical characteristics and their living conditions. Aragon points out Berni’s early relation to [...]

The critic mentions Ferrari’s return to Argentina and the art milieu of Buenos Aires. He also talks about the works in this exhibition as well as the ones that Ferrari created in São Paulo [...]

David Alfaro Siqueiros defines the visual arts in the era of the proletarian struggle by their dialectic and subversive form.  This mechanically produced art is materialistic, dynamically objective, and is exemplary on multiple levels. Its approach [...]

From Córdoba, Argentina, the Frente [Front] editorial committee sets forth the need for a culture magazine which is dedicated to critical debate on both scientific and artistic ideas. With regard to a display of the changes at work in the world at [...]