Documents of Latin American and Latino Art

The researcher Irma Arestizábal comments on the placement of Argentinean avant-garde art, (always at the margin) in relationship to the hegemonic art centers. She writes based on a selection of works of Argentinean artists that appear in Venezuelan [...]

This text was written to explain that—due to the rising cost of paper, printing, and stamps—the Centro de Arte y Comunicación [Art and Communication Center] would no longer be mailing the (free) newsletters that kept recipients informed about [...]

The text contains records of the artists connected to the Centro de Arte y Comunicación (CAyC) [Center of Art and Communication] who participated in the exhibition, Arte de Sistemas II [Systems Art] (Buenos Aires, September 1972). Each record [...]

[This document is a record] of the works by the artists linked to the Centro de Arte y Comunicación [Center for Art and Communication] (CAyC) who participated in the exhibition Arte de Sistemas [Systems Art] (Buenos Aires: Museo de Arte Moderno, [...]

This book was published as part of the Arte de Sistemas [Systems Art] exhibition (Buenos Aires: Museo de Arte Moderno, July 1971). It presents “propositions” (or conceptual works) by three artists, Víctor Grippo, Alberto Pellegrino, and Alfredo [...]

This text suggests that although there is no “Latin American art” as such — that is, art produced by Latin American nations — these countries certainly share a number of “common problems” in terms of the social and political reality of [...]

The text presents the objective of the exhibition CAyC al Aire Libre o Arte e Ideología, CAyC al Aire Libre [CAyC in the Open Air or Art and Ideology, CAyC in the Open Air] (Buenos Aires, Plaza Roberto Arlt). It meant to generate an encounter, that [...]

The question asked by French art critic Pierre Restany in this article is this: how is the political and general cultural context of the 1990s, characterized by the double presidential mandate of Carlos Saúl Menem, related to artistic productions? [...]

This article reports on the closure of the CAyC al Aire Libre [CAyC in the Outside] exhibition by order of the municipal authorities of the city of Buenos Aires. It explains that the arguments presented to justify the closure were based on a view [...]

The text announces the opening of the Arte de Sistemas [Systems Art] exhibition (Buenos Aires: Museo de Arte Moderno, July, 1971) and defines this term as that which “includes the latest art trends of the second part of this century. Art as an idea [...]

This is an explanation of the meaning of the exhibition’s title, Arte en Cambio [In Exchange for Art] (Buenos Aires: Centro de Arte y Comunicación [Art and Communication Center], June 1973). According to Glusberg, what the title essentially refers [...]

This document announces both the opening of the Escultura, follaje y ruidos [Sculpture, foliage, and noise] exhibition in Buenos Aires (Plaza Rubén Darío, November 7–30, 1970), but also its key proposal: to generate urgency for contact and [...]

This is an announcement of the exhibition to be presented at the Centro de Arte y Comunicación [Art and Communication Center] in honor of “the leader of America, unfortunately deceased, Salvador Allende.” It names the Chilean artists who will be [...]

This document announces the opening of the Hacia un Perfil del Arte Latinoamericano [Toward a Profile of Latin American Art] (Buenos Aires: CAyC, June 1972). It includes a checklist of the participating artists and their respective works [...]

This is an announcement for the exhibition of works by Gregorio Dujovney at the Art and Communications Center (CAyV, by its Spanish acronym). The article remarks on the experimental use of new technology in this artist’s hands (mentioning his use [...]

The text informs us about the exhibition El Grupo de los Trece en Arte de Sistemas [The Group of the Thirteen in Systems Art] that took place in Buenos Aires. (Centro de Arte y Comunicación, December, 1972–March, 1973.) In the writing, the “Arte [...]

The text announces the Arte conceptual [Conceptual Art] exhibition (Buenos Aires: Centro de Arte y Comunicación [Art and Communication Center], December 1970) organized by Lucy Lippard and Jorge Glusberg. There is a description of Conceptual Art, [...]

The text announces an “introduction to semiologic research” seminar will take place for the post-graduate level, directed by Professor Armando Sercovich, organized by the Centro de Arte y Comunicación (CAyC). Its objective is to “familiarize [...]

The goal of this essay is to make people aware that the government of the city of Buenos Aires closed and seized the CAyC al Aire Libre [CAyC in the Open Air] exhibition three days after it opened. The essay also asks for the support of those who [...]

This document, produced by the Centro de Arte y Comunicación [Art and Communication Center], is a collection of statements issued by a variety of representatives of international cultural organizations. They were addressed to the president of the [...]

This document from the Centro de Arte y Comunicación [Center for Art and Communication] presents the declarations made by different people and international cultural organizations to the president of the Republic, Lieutenant General Alejandro Agust [...]

The text reproduces the speech given by the director of the Museo de Arte Moderno, Guillermo Whitelow, during the opening of the Arte de Sistemas [Systems Art] exhibition ( Buenos Aires: Museo de Arte Moderno, July 1971). His words underscore the [...]

This text describes the nature and the goals of the Centro de Arte y Comunicación [Art and Communication Center] (CAyC)—which were to promote, among other things, the union of art and new technology, and art and the social environment, and to [...]

This text describes the nature and the goals of the Centro de Estudio de Arte y Comunicación [Center for Art and Communication Studies] (CEAC) —which were to promote, among other things, the union of art and new technology, and art and the social [...]