Documents of Latin American and Latino Art

In this text by Frederico Morais presenting an exhibition of works by Arthur Bispo do Rosário, the author attempts to demystify the marginalization of insanity and of artists in psychiatric institutions with an approach based on a contemporary [...]

On the basis of a reading of Carl Jung, Annateresa Fabris argues that there are two distinct types of artists: introverts and extroverts. She places Brazilian Wesley Duke Lee in the second category, which includes artists that lose themselves in [...]

Doctor Osório César used psychoanalysis to study the artistic expression of inpatients at the institution de Juquerí (in the São Paulo area). The writer compares his patients’ works with certain other modern artwork (created by children, [...]

Aracy Amaral discusses the different approaches taken by curators of exhibitions of Latin American art in Europe and North America. She analyzes the various reviews published in the British press on the occasion of the Art in Latin America exhibition [...]