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 [...]

This text introduces the work of Víctor Chab, stating that the theme of his paintings has always been the world of marvels. Starting with the magic of geometry, Chab moved toward mythic animals until he achieved complete refinement of the image. The [...]

Cover and listing of artists who participated in the exhibition 7 pintores abstractos [Seven Abstract Painters], held at Galería Pizzarro in Buenos Aires from October 1 to 19, 1957. Essentially, it brings to the fore a singular grouping in the 1950s [...]

Romualdo Brughetti writes about artists who abide by visible and formal American constants and others who are defined by a formalism that originated in modern Europe. The article is about a question that came to light during the Peruvian artist Julia [...]

Julio Llinás states that Roberto Aizenberg, Osvaldo Borda, Victor Chab, and Julio H. Silva are gathered again after ten years in order to restart their dialogue. According to Llinás, their heterodoxy did not imply a formal and irrational [...]

This document is a critical text that analyzes the rise of the group Siete Pintores Abstractos [Seven Abstract Painters]. The group was formed in 1957 without any previous theoretical proposals. The text emphasizes that in this case, and in contrast [...]

Luis Felipe Noé delves into the work of Carlos Torrallardona as a search for geometry within reality. Also, Noé reviewed the exhibition by five artists at the Galería Peuser to establish the nexus between surrealism and abstraction, particularly [...]