Documents of Latin American and Latino Art

Performance artist Marco Antonio Ettedgui interviews Austrian artist Alfred Wenemoser (who has been residing in Venezuela since 1980). After introducing him in a brief summary, he asks him to explain “his own way of conceptualizing art.” Both [...]

In this text, non-object artist Alfred Wenemoser describes two of his actions. In the first, Persona a persona, he interacts with viewers in interviews in which he serves as the host, communicating verbally in one-on-one encounters with the public- [...]

This document is an essay on Wolfgang Paalen published in the magazine Ciclo. Arte, literatura, pensamiento modernos. [Cycle. Modern Art, Literature, Thought]. In it, Aldo Pellegrini points out the three periods of his work: 1932–35, the period in [...]

In this obituary from September 1959, the critic Aldo Pellegrini makes known the suicide of Wolfgang Paalen in Mexico City. Pellegrini bitterly laments the obscurity of this artist’s work and remembers with admiration not only his artistic career, [...]