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Hacia un perfil del arte latinoamericano por Ulises Petit de Murat
1973In this text, the writer Ulyses Petit de Murat discusses the travels of the exhibition Hacia un perfil del arte latinoamericano. Petit de Murat was a highly esteemed contributor in the field of literature and cinematography who, one way or another, [...]ICAA Record ID: 1476445 -
Introduction = Introducción
2005María Elena Huizi and Josefina Manrique wrote the introduction to the book Sabiduras y otros textos de Gego / Sabiduras and Other Texts by Gego that includes a selection of the artist’s previously unpublished manuscripts. The two [...]ICAA Record ID: 1159417 -
Mano a mano : an essay on the representation of the Zoot Suit and its misrepresentation by Octavio Paz
1986In this 1986 essay, art historian Marcos Sanchez-Tranquilino discusses Mexican poet Octavio Paz’s (mis)representation of 1940s Mexican-American subculture, including the zoot suits worn by Chicano people. The writer states that in his book [...]ICAA Record ID: 1126565 -
Génesis de una idea
1981The article “Génesis de una idea” [Genesis of an Idea] was published in La Re-vista in the early 1980s. In it, artist Álvaro Barrios explains his interest in French artist Marcel Duchamp, stating that it was through the study of Duchamp’s art [...]ICAA Record ID: 1079828 -
La nostalgia de la historia en el proceso de la imaginación plástica en América Latina
1982In this text, Luis Felipe Noé explains his theory that the shared impulse that defines Latin American painting is its preoccupation with “inventing history.” He argues that this impulse is a direct result of Latin American artists’ experience [...]ICAA Record ID: 1061890 -
The Historical and Intellectual Presence of Mexican-Americans
1969In this essay, Octavio Ignacio Romano argues that three main philosophical orientations shape contemporary Mexican American identity, and that their formation occurred in Mexico during the era of the Mexican Revolution. Romano identifies these [...]ICAA Record ID: 1061603 -
Siqueiros critica a los críticos de arte
1958This article is an interview with David Alfaro Siqueiros conducted by Raquel Tibol on the value of art criticism. Regarding the central question, Siqueiros identifies three types of criticism: the first, “the companion,” records the concepts that [...]ICAA Record ID: 821964 -
Editorial
1979The co-editor of ABRAZO, Víctor A. Sorell writes that ethnic artists must no longer believe that the mainstream art world neglects them merely due to elitism (ignorance of ethnic artists contributes to this neglect as well). ABRAZO urges the art [...]ICAA Record ID: 801893 -
Citings (sic) from a Brave New World : The Art of the Other Mexico
In this review of the exhibition Art of the Other Mexico: Sources and Meanings, Victor Alejandro Sorell writes that the border is the exhibition’s overarching and master trope. The exhibition features works of art by the “greater Mexican [...]ICAA Record ID: 801878 -
La cortina de nopal
1988In this seminal text from the mid-1950s, a young José Luis Cuevas criticizes the cultural policies of the Mexican government three decades later for still favoring nationalist art, especially as pictured in murals. Cuevas tells an ironic story that [...]ICAA Record ID: 788032 -
Modernidade e identidade: as duas Américas Latinas, ou três, fora do tempo
1990The author of this essay, Aracy A. Amaral, mentions the importance of certain thinkers on the subject of Latin American art: Marta Traba, Ferreira Gullar, Luis Felipe Noé, Juan Acha, and Octavio Paz. In her opinion, “new” art feels obliged to [...]ICAA Record ID: 776159 -
Se funda el premio Paul Westheim de crítica de arte
1958This short article announces a competition to choose “the best art critic.” Paul Westheim’s idea began with the question: “Where in Mexico are the young art critics who are prepared to defend the values represented by the efforts of their own [...]ICAA Record ID: 775003 -
Exposición de grabados de la “LEAR” en España
1937This article describes the exhibition of prints by the Liga de Escritores y Artistas Revolucionarios (LEAR) [League of Revolutionary Writers and Artists], which was held in 1937, during the Spanish Civil War, in Valencia as well as in Madrid. The [...]ICAA Record ID: 771742 -
La juventud rebelde se erige en juez : … y entierra a los muertos
1958Elena Poniatowska spent time gathering opinions on the Inter-American Biennial of Painting and Printmaking. According to Octavio Paz, the four great masters of painting were Carlos Mérida, Rufino Tamayo, Wilfredo Lam, and Roberto Matta; he felt that [...]ICAA Record ID: 769956