Documents of Latin American and Latino Art

From the seven chapters of the book Poleo. Categorías del espíritu,written by historian Carlos Silva about the paintings of Héctor Poleo, this text represents the third chapter, “Arte y estilo de Héctor Poleo,” wherein the essayist analyzes [...]

In this text, critic Carlos Silva places emphasis on Hugo Baptista’s skill as a painter. Baptista’s work is characterized by a lyrical use of color and an expressive approach to painterly material. It is with good reason, Silva asserts, that [...]

The critic Carlos Silva wrote a study of the work of the Venezuelan sculptor Edgar Guinand, pointing out two fundamental periods in his life in art. The first is defined by the writer in the visual arts context that follows the Latin American Post- [...]

In this essay Carlos Silva provides a general description of Pedro Barreto’s sculptural work. Silva mentions the sculptor’s major influences, which include nature and the area around the Orinoco River Delta. The author identifies many of the [...]

In this essay, the critic Carlos Silva provides a general description of Luisa Richter’s work. He mentions her main influences, in particular German post-Expressionism and the German maestros Hans Fähnle, H. Dähn, Rudolf Müller and, especially, [...]

The critic Carlos Silva interviews the visual artist Omar Carreño on the occasion of his presentation of new work in Venezuela. Silva seeks to explain the inspiration and circumstances that led Carreño to produce a series of Figurative works, [...]

Carlos Silva reviews the works presented by Miguel von Dangelat the exhibition Sacrofanías (Caracas: Centro Armitano de Arte, 1989). Silva assesses the artist’s work to date and mentions von Dangel’s conceptual consistency as he creates a vast [...]

The critic Carlos Silva discusses his ideas about the contemporary artist’s responsibilities, citing the Venezuelan painter Oswaldo Vigas as an example. Referring to Nietzsche’s idea that, in art, “form and content” are one and the same, [...]

The director of the Museo de Bellas Artes in Caracas, Marco Miliani, along with his research team, set parameters for research on the Latin American visual arts. This paper begins by diagnosing a range of causes for the backward state of research in [...]