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A Companion to Modern and Contemporary Latin American and Latina/o Art

Alejandro Anreus (Edited by), A Anreus (Author), Robin Ad¿le Greeley (Edited by), Megan A. Sullivan (Edited by)

9781118475416, Wiley

Hardback, published 15 November 2021

608 pages
1 x 1 x 1 cm, 0.454 kg

In-depth scholarship on the central artists, movements, and themes of Latin American art, from the Mexican revolution to the present

A Companion to Modern and Contemporary Latin American and Latinx Art consists of over 30 never-before-published essays on the crucial historical and theoretical issues that have framed our understanding of art in Latin America. This book has a uniquely inclusive focus that includes both Spanish-speaking Caribbean and contemporary Latinx art in the United States. Influential critics of the 20th century are also covered, with an emphasis on their effect on the development of artistic movements.

By providing in-depth explorations of central artists and issues, alongside cross-references to illustrations in major textbooks, this volume provides an excellent complement to wider surveys of Latin American and Latinx art. Readers will engage with the latest scholarship on each of five distinct historical periods, plus broader theoretical and historical trends that continue to influence how we understand Latinx, Indigenous, and Latin American art today. The book’s areas of focus include:

  • The development of avant-garde art in the urban centers of Latin America from 1910-1945
  • The rise of abstraction during the Cold War and the internationalization of Latin American art from 1945-1959
  • The influence of the political upheavals of the 1960s on art and art theory in Latin America
  • The rise of conceptual art as a response to dictatorship and social violence in the 1970s and 1980s
  • The contemporary era of neoliberalism and globalization in Latin American and Latino Art, 1990-2010

With its comprehensive approach and informative structure, A Companion to Modern and Contemporary Latin American and Latinx Art is an excellent resource for advanced students in Latin American culture and art. It is also a valuable reference for aspiring scholars in the field.

List of Illustrations ix

About the Editors xiii

Notes on Contributors xiv

Series Editor’s Preface xx

Introduction: Latin American and Latina/o Art xxi
Alejandro Anreus, Robin Adèle Greeley, and Megan A. Sullivan

Part I 1910–1945: Cosmopolitanisms and Nationalisms 1

1 Art After the Mexican Revolution: Muralism, Prints, Photography 5
Leonard Folgarait

2 The Reinvention of the “Semana de Arte Moderna” 20
Francisco Alambert

3 Jose Carlos Mariategui and the Eternal Dawn of Revolution 37
Martín Oyata

4 National Values: The Havana Vanguard in the Revista de Avance and the Lyceum Gallery 52
Ingrid W. Elliott

5 Photography, Avant‐Garde, and Modernity 67
Esther Gabara

Part II 1945–1959: The Cold War and Internationalism 81

6 Wifredo Lam, Aime Cesaire, Eugenio Granell, Andre Breton: Agents of Surrealism in the Caribbean 85
Lowery Stokes Sims

7 The Oscillation Between Myth and Criticism: Octavio Paz Between Duchamp and Tamayo 101
Cuauhtémoc Medina

8 Latin American Abstraction (1934–1969) 117
Juan Ledezma

9 Architectural Modernism and Its Discontents: Brazil and Beyond 134
Fabiola Lopez‐Durán

10 The Realism‐Abstraction Debate in Latin America: Four Questions 151
Megan A. Sullivan

11 Sao Paulo and Other Models: The Biennial in Latin America, 1951–1991 165
Isobel Whitelegg

Part III 1959–1973: Revolution, Resistance, and the Politicization of Art 181

12 Art and the Cuban Revolution 185
Alejandro Anreus

13 The Myths of Helio Oiticica 200
Irene V. Small

14 Between Chaos and the Furnaces: Argentine Conceptualism 217
Daniel Quiles

15 Chicana/o Art: 1965–1975 234
Terezita Romo

16 Cold War Intellectual Networks: Marta Traba in Circulation 249
Florencia Bazzano

17 Jose Gomez Sicre and the Inter‐American Exhibitions of the Pan American Union 264
Claire F. Fox

18 “… A Place for Us”: The Puerto Rican Alternative Art Space Movement in New York 281
Yasmin Ramírez

Part IV 1973–1990: Dictatorship, Social Violence, and the Rise of Conceptual Strategies 295

19 An “Other” Possible Revolution: The Cultural Guerrilla in Peru in 1970 299
Emilio Tarazona and Miguel A. López

20 Art in Chile After 1973 317
Miguel Valderrama

21 Cold War Conceptualism: Mexico’s Grupos Movement 330
Robin Adèle Greeley

22 Asco in Three Acts 349
Robb Hernández

23 A Real Existence: Conceptual Art, Conceptualism, and Art in Brazil and Beyond 368
Sérgio B. Martins

Part V 1990–2010: Neoliberalism and Globalization 381

24 Border Art 385
Ila N. Sheren

25 Walking with the Devil: Art, Culture, and Internationalization: An Interview with Gerardo Mosquera 398
Alejandro Anreus

26 Is This What Democracy Looks Like? Tania Bruguera and the Politics of Performance 410
Stephanie Schwartz

27 Shadows of the Doubtful Straight: Cuban-American Artists, 1970–2000 423
Rocío Aranda‐Alvarado

28 Notes on the Dominican Diaspora in the United States 437
E. Carmen Ramos

29 Antigonismos: Metaphoric Burial as Political Intervention in Contemporary Colombian Art 452
Ana María Reyes

30 Art, Memory, and Human Rights in Argentina 464
Andrea Giunta

Part VI Approaches, Debates, and Methodologies 487

31 Time and Place: Notes on the System of the Arts in Latin America 489
Natalia Majluf

32 Is There Such a Thing as Latina/o Art? 504
Chon A. Noriega

33 The Expansion of Culture: Drawbacks for Cities and Art 514
Néstor García Canclini

34 A Question: The Term “Indigenous Art” 520
Ticio Escobar

35 What Is “Latin American Art” Today? 527
José Luis Falconi

Index 546

Subject Areas: History of art / art & design styles [AC]
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