Documents of Latin American and Latino Art

Enrique Azcoaga, a Spanish art critic, discusses the term informalismo. He defines that the quality of this type of painting is determined by its expressive power and its capacity to suggest an elevated sense of perception. Azcoaga carefully [...]

The (anonymous) critic offers a formal review of León Ferrari’s sculptures, underscoring both the essential content and the tender nature of the works. He also refers to Ferrari’s technique as the one of a ceramic artist [...]

Enrique Azcoaga offers a negative critique of the exhibition of destructive art, which he describes as artistically mounted garbage heap, a crude stage, literal and pompier. He outlines the differences between this trend with both Dadaism and [...]