Documents of Latin American and Latino Art

Juan Liscano reviews the show that Gabriel Bracho had in 1951 at the Museo de Bellas Artes de Caracas. The author notes that the painter, a dedicated follower of David Alfaro Siqueiros, “aspires to the fresco” and captures the problems and [...]

In this article, Juan Liscano delivers a positive critique of the painter Oswaldo Vigas’ “reiteration” of subjects with Latin American and Venezuelan roots in the face of the rising importance of “technological art.” In the same vein, [...]

The literary critic Juan Liscano issues a warning about the tendency for technique to take on a value of its own in contemporary society, and how that trend can affect the artist. He mentions a few instances among the European avant-garde, and the [...]