Documents of Latin American and Latino Art

The sociologist Fernando Balcells wrote this essay for the catalogue for Te devuelvo tu imagen, ocupación, the exhibition of works by Juan Castillo (who, like Balcells, was a member of the group Colectivo Acciones de Arte [CADA, Art Action [...]

Twenty years after the production of Para no morir de hambre en el arte —the first art action performed by CADA (Colectivo Acciones de Arte, Art Actions Collective)—one of the members of the group, Fernando Balcells, discusses its works, [...]

Inspired by the Escena de Avanzada, Fernando Balcells reflects on the concepts of “avant-garde” and “history and art.” This text was written in 1988, almost a decade after those art and experimental practices first emerged and [...]