Documents of Latin American and Latino Art

“Pedro Manrique Figueroa. Precursor del ‘collage’ en Colombia” [Pedro Manrique Figueroa: Harbinger of Collage in Colombia] (1999) consists of an appendix and three sections, as follows: “The Zero Years,” “The Pink Years,” and “The [...]

The article “Ejercicio de agrimensura”by Lucas Ospina was published on the website http://esferapublica.org on June 7, 2007 on the occasion of Polaris (2007), an exhibition by Colombian artist Beatriz Eugenia Díaz. The show was held in April and [...]

Under the title “‘¡Ay, si yo fuera pintor!’: Crítica, texto y traducción”, the artist and critic Lucas Ospina wrote a timely essay. It was published in the second issue of the journal Cuadernos Grises, issued by the Arts Department at the [...]

The article “El arte de la repetición. Sobre la exposición Expedición de Alberto Baraya” by artist and critic Lucas Ospina was published on September 26, 2006, on the website http://esferapublica.org. The text voices a harsh criticism of the [...]

The text “¡Pare de sufrir!: Decálogo de autoayuda para espectadores intimidados por las exposiciones de arte,” written by artist and critic Lucas Ospina was initially published on the website http://esferapublica.org on July 15, 2007. It was [...]

“Eclosiona un arte: acercamientos a la vida de Pedro Manrique Figueroa” [Emergence of an Art Form: Approaching the Life of Pedro Manrique Figueroa] by writer Lucas Ospina is the preface to the catalogue of Exposición de homenaje a Pedro Manrique [...]