Manifestos and Polemics in Latin American Modern Art
Category: Books,History,Americas
Manifestos and Polemics in Latin American Modern Art Details
About the Author Patrick Frank is the coauthor of Twentieth-Century Art of Latin America, Revised and Expanded Edition. He is also the coauthor of Artforms: An Introduction to the Visual Arts, an introductory textbook now in its 11th edition, and the author of three other books on modern art in Latin America, including Posada's Broadsheets: Mexican Popular Imagery, 1890-1910 (UNM Press). Read more
Reviews
Selected readings from throughout Latin America, from Buenos Aires to Havana, from surrealism of Peru to Chicano political/protest art of East Los Angeles (to include Asco -- as Patrick Frank notes, "Their artmaking was deeply integrated with protest and Asco combined elements of dissent with both conceptual and performance art.") Both to stimulate discussion in the classroom and to stimulate delight in the general reader who treasures art ideas, this is an excellent guide to a broad spectrum of polemics by those directly involved in Latin American art of the 20th century and beyond. While exploring the excitement and development of Latin American thought about art, it may also lead to increased understanding of art in general of the time. Highly recommended.