Documents of Latin American and Latino Art

Painter and sculptor Alejandro Otero [Rodríguez] develops the third and final part of his response to Miguel Otero Silva (“Conceptos concretos sobre el arte abstracto”) [Specific Concepts of Abstract Art]; within the text he discusses how [...]

Following the method he used in the first part of his response to Miguel Otero Silva, artist Alejandro Otero [Rodríguez] quotes his opponent and refutes each of his assertions by pointing out their contradictions. Although he recognizes that Miguel [...]

Artist and art critic Alejandro Otero [Rodríguez] offers examples that support this first response to the texts published by Miguel Otero Silva (under the title “Conceptos concretos sobre el arte abstracto” [Specific Concepts of Abstract Art], [...]

In his second open letter to the writer and editor Miguel Otero Silva, the young painter Alejandro Otero Rodríguez, who was a member of Los Disidentes, refers to three statements Otero Silva wrote against Abstract artists. The statements were made [...]

In this open letter by Alejandro Otero [Rodríguez] to his  journalist friend, Miguel Otero Silva, the Venezuelan artist brings forth his objection to the National Sculpture Award given to the Spanish sculptor Eduardo Gregorio at the XVIII Salón [...]