Documents of Latin American and Latino Art

In this text, Colombian journalist Armando Solano urges the new generation of artists to create a nationalism that is “intelligent, profound, and radical,” one that takes root in their place of birth and looks to it for nourishment. At the same [...]

In nostalgic tone, “La melancolía de la raza indígena” (1929) by Colombian intellectual Armando Solano advocates a return to “pure customs” and “the national.” This was a response to the excessive growth of the United States after World [...]