Documents of Latin American and Latino Art

The author, Antonino Espinosa Saldaña, makes aesthetic differentiations among “Art Deco” style plans, which were then innovative in the Peruvian context, in opposition to the prevailing indigenous art trend. He argues that Expressionism is [...]

Although the title “Arte incaico” [Incan Art] and its syllabus reveal a literary approach to the topic, the course at the ENBA sought to make the pre-Columbian legacy a referent for the establishment of a “national art.” In Peru in 1930, its [...]

The author, Antonino Espinosa Saldaña, proposes to replace the course name “Arte incaico” [Incan Art]—used by the ENBA beginning in 1930, with “Arqueología pre-incaica y su aplicación a las artes decorativas” [pre-Incan archeology and [...]

Painter Antonino Espinosa opens this letter questioning the pertinence of the “Arte incaico” [Incan Art] course at the ENBA—to be offered by writer Augusto Aguirre, author of the novel El pueblo del sol [The People of the Sun]—arguing that [...]

This draft of a text by painter Antonino Espinosa Saldaña was for a presentation at an exhibition of his work that did not take place. In it he justifies the absence of titles or any references for the works, “because one should not impose a [...]

Although the author, Antonino Espinosa Saldaña, praises the aesthetic quality of the work exhibited by Isajara in Lima, he calls into question that which was inspired by the poetry of José María Eguren, which he defines as “ideas without any [...]

After mentioning the decorative nature of Julia Codesido’s exhibition, the author of this review discusses her portrayal of the Andean mountains, calling it: “an exceptional vision rather than a straight idealization.” The decorative nature of [...]

Espinoza Saldaña thinks José Sabogal has been making some profound changes in his work since his first exhibition in Lima. He comments in particular on the artist’s realism which makes no attempt to please, unlike those who are still enraptured [...]