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Contemporary Art in Latin America

Contemporary Art in Latin America

by Jerry SaltzKen Lum and Critical Art Ensemble
Paperback
Publication Date: 20/02/2019

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Contemporary Art in Latin America, is a bold and rousing exploration of the most significant art being created by Latin American's today. Emerging from complex cultural roots, Latin American art is extraordinarily diverse and original. This book covers a variety of contemporary art methods, looking at photography, installation art, sculpture, painting, textiles, and examines the styles, current perceptions and culture of this region. Contemporary Art in Latin America is an engaging, challenging and inspiring comprehensive survey of the most important art being made in the region today. With essays by esteemed writers and practitioners, and profiles of both established and emerging artists, this volume delves into the region's past, present and future, to examine its position within the contemporary global art world. The work featured shatters stereotypes and clear-cut distinction of the area, blending the personal and the political, the local and the global. Artists featured include Helio Oiticica, Doris Salcedo, Cildo Meireles, Lygia Clark, Jesus Rafael Soto, Lygia Pape, Gabriel Orozco, Oscar Munoz and Miguel Calderon.
With beautiful images and an equally impressive list of contributors, this volume is the ultimate resource for anyone interested in art produced in Latin America today.
ISBN:
9781908966179
9781908966179
Category:
History of art & design styles: from c 1900 -
Format:
Paperback
Publication Date:
20-02-2019
Publisher:
Black Dog Press
Country of origin:
United Kingdom
Pages:
240
Dimensions (mm):
280x230mm
Jerry Saltz

Jerry Saltz is the senior art critic at New York magazine and its entertainment site Vulture. He is the winner of the 2018 Pulitzer Prize in Criticism and a 2019 National Magazine Award. Before joining New York in 2007, Saltz had been art critic for The Village Voice since 1998, and was twice nominated for the Pulitzer Prize during his tenure there. A frequent guest lecturer, he has spoken at the Museum of Modern Art, the Guggenheim, the Whitney Museum, and many others, and has appeared at Harvard, Yale, Columbia, the Rhode Island School of Design, the Art Institute of Chicago, and elsewhere.

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