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Máquinas positivas y perversas del arte latinoamericano
Marzo 5, 1985The Argentinean professor Damián Bayón reviews Frente a la máquina, the exhibition presented at the Maison de L’Amérique Latine. He reports that there are plans to organize regular exhibitions of works by Latin [...]ICAA Record ID: 1472364 -
La historia empieza y termina conmigo
Marzo 7, 1982In this interview, Margarita D’Amico asks Carlos Cruz-Diez about working in urban spaces and using contemporary languages and techniques. The journalist begins her article on a subject of fundamental importance: the artist’s international [...]ICAA Record ID: 1472359 -
Cruz Diez es un intérprete de su tiempo
1976This newspaper article is about an interview with the director of the Museo de Arte Moderno de México, Fernando Gamboa, on the subject of the exhibition that Carlos Cruz-Diez opened in Mexico City as part of a cultural exchange between Mexico [...]ICAA Record ID: 1472351 -
Ambiente de cromosaturación
May 22, 1975In this theoretical text, the visual artist Carlos Cruz-Diez discusses the origin and objectives of his Laberintos de cromosaturación (Chromosaturation Labyrinths). The fundamental idea behind this work involves the viewer’s chromatic [...]ICAA Record ID: 1472344 -
Exposición de obras inéditas de Cruz-Diez en la Sala que lleva su nombre
1974Teresa Alvarenga (a cultural journalist) reviews the opening to the public of the Sala Cruz-Diez, located in the CADAFE building in Caracas. She describes the overall layout of the salon and the works on display, which were made at the workshop [...]ICAA Record ID: 1472342 -
Carlos Cruz Diez expone en Nueva York el 17 de noviembre: 36 obras
1971This short, anonymous newspaper article informs its readers about the solo exhibition of works by Carlos Cruz-Diez scheduled to open on November 17, 1971, at the New York premises of the Denise René Gallery. It states that the artist will show [...]ICAA Record ID: 1472325 -
Cruz Diez : color activo
1971The critic Roberto Guevara discusses the exhibition presented at the Galería Conkright in Caracas, paying particular attention to the room devoted to Carlos Cruz-Diez and his Colores aditivos (Additive Colors). The article concentrates mainly [...]ICAA Record ID: 1472323 -
Chromo-saturacions lumineuses de Cruz-Diez en las calles de París
1970This is a review of the work that Carlos Cruz-Diez presented at Art dans la rue (Art in the Street), the event organized by Frank Popper for the Centre National d’Art Contemporain (December 1969). The Venezuelan artist showed his Labyrinthe de [...]ICAA Record ID: 1472321 -
El director del museo inaugurará en Alemania la exposición de 12 pintores Venezolanos
1965This anonymous article provides a brief review of the exhibition schedule that the Venezuelan artist, curator, and museologist, Miguel Arroyo, who at the time was the director of the Museo de Bellas Artes de Caracas, is organizing. The curator’ [...]ICAA Record ID: 1472283 -
Carlos Cruz Díez en París
1965The writer of this article fluctuates between his feelings for traditional forms of painting and his admiration for contemporary trends. Rafael Cordero says that being a devotee of painting is not a virtue but in fact is almost a sin, given the [...]ICAA Record ID: 1472281 -
Painter from Venezuela
1965This is an anonymous review of the retrospective exhibition of Cruz-Diez’s work at the Signals gallery in London in 1965. The reviewer notes a constant quality in Venezuelan painting—“clarity, order, and a distinct gentleness&rdquo [...]ICAA Record ID: 1472279 -
Los venezolanos Soto y Cruz-Diez en la exposición "Movimientos en Paris"
1964Francisco Díaz Roncero—who wrote this review of the second exhibition, Mouvement 2, organized by the Galerie Denise René in Paris that included the works of Kinetic artists—stresses the current influence and presence of [...]ICAA Record ID: 1472277 -
Carlos Cruz-Diez, exquisito colorista
1964Alberto Junyent reviews the fourth exhibition of La Nouvelle Tendance at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs, in Paris, an event in which Carlos Cruz-Diez participated. The reviewer informs his readers that, in the twentieth century, “ [...]ICAA Record ID: 1472275 -
Tres venezolanos en el Stedelijik de Amsterdam
1961In this article, published in the newspaper El Nacional, Carlos Cruz-Diez reviews the Exposición Internacional de Arte Cinético at the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam, which was jointly curated by Daniel Spoerri and Pontus Hulten. Cruz- [...]ICAA Record ID: 1472273 -
Cruz-Diez, estudiara el arte en Europa pero promete volver mas criollo de lo que es
1955This is art critic and journalist Ratto-Ciarlo’s review of the latest Cruz-Diez exhibition that also mentions the trip to Europe the artist will be taking in 1955 after the close of his show. Their conversation focuses on the creation of a [...]ICAA Record ID: 1472246 -
XIII Salón Oficial de Arte Venezolano
1952This newspaper review describes certain aspects of the XIII Salón Oficial de Arte Venezolano. It notes that there was “an open, liberal eclecticism” with various mediums (painting, sculpture, and ceramics) shown side by side. This [...]ICAA Record ID: 1472237 -
Ganaron Oswaldo Vigas y Elisa Elvira Zuloaga Premios Principales del XIII Salón, Carlos Cruz-Diez, Rafael Monasterios, Elizabeth Evans, Antonio Alcántara, Ganaron los otros premios
1952This short newspaper review about the prizegiving at the XIII Salón de Arte Venezolano (1952) names the winners (one of whom was the young Carlos Cruz-Diez), the members of the jury, and the dignitaries who presented the awards (the Venezuelan [...]ICAA Record ID: 1472235 -
El Taller Libre en el Undécimo Salón de Pintura
1950In this short newspaper review of the XI Salón de Arte Venezolano, the critic Rafael Pineda quotes from conversations he had with some of the young artists mentioned by the jury, including Mario Abreu, Lourdes Armas, Alirio Oramas, and R& [...]ICAA Record ID: 1472233 -
12 Gouaches de Carlos Cruz-Diez
1948In this newspaper article, Manuel Trujillo provides a critical review of the exhibition of works by the young Carlos Cruz-Diez at the Centro Venezolano-Americano de Caracas, which ran from late 1947 to early 1948; this was the artist’s first [...]ICAA Record ID: 1472228 -
Art and Science at the Crossroads
2009This exhibition essay by Julia P. Herzberg reviews the artistic trajectory of Venezuelan artist Nela Ochoa (b. 1953), whose current work is inspired by the medical sciences. Since the 1990s, she has mainly focused on the body, genetics, and [...]ICAA Record ID: 1469684 -
Conversation with Iván Navarro
2012In this interview with Iván Navarro, Julia P. Herzberg poses questions about process and materials, the use of electricity, and art historical influences on his work from the 1990s to the 2000s. Navarro’s Blade Runner series (2004), [...]ICAA Record ID: 1469683 -
Rethinking the Possible
2012Written for Iván Navarro’s midcareer exhibition, this essay explores his early work from the 1990s to the 2000s, enabling us to understand his evolution over time. Growing up in Chile during the Augusto Pinochet regime (1973–90), [...]ICAA Record ID: 1469682 -
Excerpts from a conversation with Carlos Alfonzo and César Trasobares=Extractos de una conversación entre Carlos Alfonzo y Cesar Trasobares
1997This text, included in an exhibition catalogue for artist Carlos Alfonzo, is a transcription of a conversation between Alfonzo and his friend César Trasobares. The interview was videotaped by Alfonzo’s friend Craig Robins in November [...]ICAA Record ID: 1469668 -
Leandro Katz : una decada de obra=a decade of work
1995This exhibition essay by guest curator Julia P. Herzberg addresses two major long-term projects by Leandro Katz. The Catherwood Project (1985–1995, 2001) is a photographic reconstruction of the two mid-nineteenth century expeditions of John [...]ICAA Record ID: 1469667 -
La mente meditativa, creativa y perceptiva : Pabhavikas, Emergences y River Library=The meditative, creative, and perceiving mind : Pabhavikas, Emergences, and The River Library
2008This exhibition essay discusses three interrelated artistic works by Raquel Rabinovich: the Pabhavikas series, the Emergences series, and the Riverbed Library series. It details how she brings together the creative and perceptive mindset of her [...]ICAA Record ID: 1344119 -
Ritual in performance
2008This exhibition essay discusses several Central American and Caribbean artists who draw on rituals in their performative works, including Ernesto Pujol, María Magdalena Campos-Pons, José Bedia, Pepón Osorio, Tania Bruguera, [...]ICAA Record ID: 1344103 -
Run Away, Run Away = Huye, Huye
2001This exhibition essay discusses the Chilean artist Catalina Parra’s collages on view in the exhibition Catalina Parra: It’s Indisputable. It includes seven series with seventy works, which comprise collages made of newspaper clippings [...]ICAA Record ID: 1344087 -
Pepón Osorio : Transboricua
1999These exhibition notes explain RISD’s (Rhode Island School of Art and Design) Art ConText series and artist Pepón Osorio’s work Transboricua. These socially engaged installations originate from his past experiences as a social [...]ICAA Record ID: 1344071 -
Leandro Erlich: Neighbors
2001This exhibition brochure, written by guest curator Julia P. Herzberg, explains the ideas behind Leandro Erlich’s installation Neighbors. The brochure contains her curatorial statement and a brief artist’s biography. It describes Neighbors [...]ICAA Record ID: 1343991 -
Ana Mendieta's Iowa Years 1970-1980
2004This exhibition essay charts Ana Mendieta’s artistic trajectory between 1970 and 1980, including her tenure at the University of Iowa (where she completed two master’s degrees: one in painting and one in intermedia), her time in Mexico, [...]ICAA Record ID: 1343975 -
Decomposing – Recomposing : concepts, processes, and sources
2011This exhibition essay by adjunct curator Julia Herzberg on artist Magdalena Fernández’s video installation 2iPM009 (2009) intends to broaden our understanding of the Venezuelan artist’s concepts, processes, sources, and development [...]ICAA Record ID: 1343943 -
A town portrait : memory streams
1998This exhibition brochure by guest curator Julia P. Herzberg describes several works included in A Town Portrait, with an eponymous installation and two photographic series, When I Am Not Here/Estoy allá (1996) and Abridor de caminos (1997). [...]ICAA Record ID: 1343927 -
A dialogue with life and death
2006This essay by Julia Herzberg overviews Carlos Alfonzo’s artistic trajectory from 1982 to 1991, outlining the biographical details of his life and analyzing multiple artworks included in the exhibition. Working mainly in a Neo-Expressionist [...]ICAA Record ID: 1343911 -
Re-membering identity : vision of connections
1990Curator 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 [...]ICAA Record ID: 1343879 -
Josely Carvalho : On the Violence of War
1993This exhibition essay by Julia P. Herzberg explains and describes two installations by Josely Carvalho: It’s Still a Time to Mourn: Dia Mater I and Tempos de Luto: Dia Mater II (both 1993). Both works are part of the larger series It’s [...]ICAA Record ID: 1343863 -
Una selección de artistas Hispano Americanos en los Estados Unidos
1991This foldout pamphlet for the III Bienal Internacional de Pintura in Cuenca, Ecuador, discusses the six artists of Latin American and Caribbean descent included in the biennial’s U.S. representation. The curatorial introduction by Julia P. [...]ICAA Record ID: 1343847 -
Ernesto Pujol : Conversion of Manners
2000This exhibition brochure, written by consulting curator Julia P. Herzberg, addresses Ernesto Pujol’s installation Conversion of Manners. The title comes from a Benedictine vow that Catholic monks take when they leave secular life and enter [...]ICAA Record ID: 1343831 -
Ernesto Pujol : American Fields
2002Written by guest curator Julia P. Herzberg, this exhibition leaflet explains the ideas behind Ernesto Pujol’s installation American Fields. This Cuban artist’s work comprises a wooden table, a metal chair, and cast-aluminum corn cobs, as [...]ICAA Record ID: 1343815 -
Arturo Cuenca : Una decada de fotografías : 1983-1993
1993This exhibition essay overviews the trajectory of Arturo Cuenca’s photographic practice from his time spent in Cuba in the 1980s until his arrival in New York in the early 1990s. In the late 1970s, he transitioned from making Photorealist/Pop [...]ICAA Record ID: 1343799 -
Diez preguntas de Marta Traba a Beatriz González
1973In this interview, art critic Marta Traba poses ten questions to Colombian artist Beatriz González. Traba begins by inquiring about the ironic nature of González’s subjects and the kitschy character of the objects she produces. In [...]ICAA Record ID: 1343029 -
Birlibirloque
1965Journalist Alfonso Bonilla Aragón writes a review of a solo exhibition of the artist Beatriz González, which took place at the Museo La Tertulia in Cali, Colombia, in 1965. The show encompassed three bodies of work: nine oil paintings [...]ICAA Record ID: 1342982 -
Una lectura de la calle
1979The writer Salvador Garmendia reviews the exhibition of photographs by Daniel González; he describes the methodology of the mobile photography that treats the street as its own laboratory, in constant communication with chance. In his images, [...]ICAA Record ID: 1339075 -
11. Salão Paulista de arte moderna
1962The flier’s cover is illustrated with a work of geometric abstraction (with no mention of the painter’s name), but includes no title for the event. The eleventh edition of the salão paulista de arte moderna, organized by the state [...]ICAA Record ID: 1334833 -
10. Salão Paulista de Arte Moderna
1961The country was awash in optimism that year, when Brasília was officially declared the new capital city. The tenth edition of the salão paulista de arte moderna was held at the Galería Prestes Maia, organized on this occasion by [...]ICAA Record ID: 1334818 -
9. Salão Paulista de Arte Moderna
1960The ninth edition of the salão paulista de arte moderna (still written in lowercase letters) was held in June 1960 at the usual venue, the Galeria Prestes Maia de São Paulo. The flier carries over many elements from the previous year& [...]ICAA Record ID: 1334803 -
8. Salão Paulista de Arte Moderna
1959The flier for the eighth edition of the salão paulista de arte moderna has been redesigned and relies mainly on lowercase letters, double-page spreads, and a simple cover design. Willys de Castro is a member of the jury responsible for the [...]ICAA Record ID: 1334788 -
7. Salão Paulista de Arte Moderna
1958This flier, which announces the seventh edition of the Salão Paulista de Arte Moderna, has an excellent minimalist design on the cover. The (ordinal) “ o ” becomes one of the squares in the black and yellow composition, which uses [...]ICAA Record ID: 1334773 -
6. Salão Paulista de Arte Moderna
1957After President Getúlio Vargas committed suicide in August 1954, Brazil embarked on a program of renewal focused on two basic areas: industrialization and development. The democratically elected government of Juscelino Kubitschek (1956-1960) [...]ICAA Record ID: 1334758 -
5. Salão Paulista de Arte Moderna
1956In 1956, what proved to be a critical year in Brazilian art circles, the first Concrete art exhibitions were organized at a national level. But this development had no impact at all in terms of the participants or the type of works presented at the [...]ICAA Record ID: 1334743 -
4. Salão Paulista de Arte Moderna
1955This is the official flier for the fourth edition of the Salão Paulista de Arte Moderna, organized by the Secretaria do Governo do Estado de São Paulo at the Galeria Prestes Maia in 1955. The organizing committee was headed by two well- [...]ICAA Record ID: 1334728