Documents of Latin American and Latino Art

These essays appeared in the catalogue for the exhibition of works by the African-born Brazilian artist Emanoel Araújo, an event that was presented by the Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian (Lisbon, 1991). The North American art historian George Nelson [...]

This article discusses what is meant by the term “Afro-Brazilian art.” The anthropologist Marta Heloísa Leuba Salum describes it as an abstract place where Africa and Brazil commingle in an imaginary universe. She stresses that Afro-Brazilian [...]