Documents of Latin American and Latino Art

This essay explores Liliana Porter’s screenprint and mixed-media works (1991–94), depicting figures and objects taken from popular culture, art, literature, and her own collection of bric-a-brac. Her works create images in which the real [...]

Curator Julia Herzberg’s exhibition essay for The Decade Show: Frameworks of Identity in the 1980s explores the construct of “identity” in the art of the 1980s. It discusses the twenty-five Hispanic, Latino, Chicano, Latin American [...]

A photographic image of the work presented by Liliana Porter at the L Salón Nacional de Artes Plásticas [50th National Salon of the Visual Arts] in 1961. It is titled La niña del jardín [The Girl in the Garden] and received the Mention Prize in [...]

A photographic image of the work presented by Liliana Porter at the LI Salón Nacional de Artes Plásticas[51st National Salon of the Visual Arts] in 1962. The etching—titled Sonata y destrucciones [Sonata and Destructions]—received the Coronel [...]

In this text, Uruguayan artist Luis Camnitzer recounts the experience of The New York Graphic Workshop. In addition to describing the early days of the group, he explains its three principal aims: 1) to redefine printmaking on the level of theory and [...]

This document contains a full list of the solo and group exhibitions in which Liliana Porter had participated by 1974, the prizes she had won, and the collections that included her work. This catalog was published on the occasion of the exhibition, [...]

This brief catalog contains a full list of the solo and group exhibitions in which Liliana Porter had participated by 1974, the prizes she had won, and the collections that included her work. The exhibition took place at the Museo de Arte Moderno in [...]

Edgardo Antonio Vigo explains the idea behind the Experiencias 69 I [Visual Practices 69 I] event that was organized at theCentro de Artes Visuales of the Instituto Torcuato Di Tella in Buenos Aires (September 5–14, 1969). He also outlines the [...]

This is the mail art that Liliana Porter exhibited at Experiencias 69 I [Visual Practices 69 I] at the Centro de Artes Visuales at the Instituto Torcuato Di Tella (September 5–14, 1969.) Porter’s exhibit consisted of four envelopes, each with its [...]

This text refers to Liliana Porter. Grabados [Liliana Porter. Prints], the exhibition held at the Galería de arte at the Casa América, in Buenos Aires (July 2–16, 1964). The text emphasizes the skillful printmaking technique of “this young [...]

This is the catalogue for Liliana Porter. Grabados [Liliana Porter. Prints], the exhibition held at the Galería Lirolay, in Buenos Aires (September 30–October 15, 1963.) It includes a brief biographical sketch of the artist, a list of her [...]

In this essay, Liliana Porter discusses the work she presented at the Museo de Bellas Artes [Museum of Fine Arts] in Caracas in January 1969, at the exhibition The New York Graphic Workshop. She includes some biographical information and a list of [...]

This is the catalogue for Liliana Porter, the exhibition held at the Galería Proteo, in Mexico City (June 17–July 21, 1959.) It includes a list of the oil paintings and prints exhibited, details concerning the date and time of the opening of the [...]

This is the catalogue for Liliana Porter, the exhibition held at Los Petules, in Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico (January 21–February 20, 1960), one of the first ones indeed. It lists the works on display, and includes a brief biographical sketch of the [...]

This is the catalogue for Liliana Porter, the early exhibition held at the Galería Plástica in Mexico City (July 10–30, 1963). It includes a brief biographical sketch of the artist, a list of her group and solo exhibitions, and a picture of one [...]

This is the catalogue for Liliana Porter. Grabados [Liliana Porter. Prints], the exhibition held at the Galería Nice, in Buenos Aires (September 28–October 18, 1962.) It includes a brief biographical sketch of the artist and a list of her [...]

Invitation to the exhibition, Liliana Porter. Óleos y grabados [Liliana Porter, Oils and Prints] (Mexico City, Galería Jacobo Glantz, January 1961 [...]

This is the catalogue for Liliana Porter. Grabados [Liliana Porter. Prints], the exhibition held at the Galería de Arte de Casa América, in Buenos Aires (July 2–16, 1964). The catalogue lists the works on display, Porter’s group and solo shows [...]

This article includes a review of Liliana Porter’s art career. It also quotes part of the first manifesto of the New York Graphic Workshop (NYGW) and some of Porter’s ideas on the state of printmaking at the time, and announces her two shows— [...]

This essay by Fernando López Anaya, the Argentine artist and critic, appeared in the catalogue produced for Liliana Porter’s exhibition at the Galería Galatea in Buenos Aires (August 7–19, 1961.) He mentions the maturity of Porter’s work, [...]

This is the poster for the exhibition Liliana Porter. Prints (New York: Van Bovenkamp Gallery, May 4–23, 1965). The poster announces the opening, the dates of the exhibition, and the address of the gallery. It also features an image of the artist [...]