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A Companion to Modern and Contemporary Latin American and Latina/o Art WILEY BLACKWELL COMPANIONS TO ART HISTORY These invigorating reference volumes chart the influence of key ideas, discourses, and theories on art, and the way that it is taught, thought of, and talked about throughout the English‐ speaking world. Each volume brings together a team of respected international scholars to debate the state of research within traditional subfields of art history as well as in more innova- tive, thematic configurations. 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LaFountain Contemporary Latin American and 9 A Companion to Digital Art Latina/o Art edited by Christiane Paul edited by Alejandro Anreus, Robin Adèle 10 A Companion to Dada and Surrealism Greeley, and Megan A. Sullivan edited by David Hopkins 24 A Companion to Impressionism 11 A Companion to Public Art edited by André Dombrowski edited by Cher Krause Knight and Harriet F. Senie Forthcoming 12 A Companion to Islamic Art and 1 A Companion to Contemporary Art in a Architecture, Volumes 1 and 2 Global Framework edited by Finbarr Flood and Gulru edited by Amelia Jones and Jane Chin Necipoglu Davidson A Companion to Modern and Contemporary Latin American and Latina/o Art Edited by Alejandro Anreus Robin Adèle Greeley Megan A. Sullivan This edition first published 2022 © 2022 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. All rights reserved. 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Identifiers: LCCN 2019005881 (print) | LCCN 2019006156 (ebook) | ISBN 9781118475409 (Adobe PDF) | ISBN 9781118475393 (ePub) | ISBN 9781118475416 (cloth) Subjects: LCSH: Art, Latin American–20th century. | Art, Latin American–21st century. Classification: LCC N6502.5 (ebook) | LCC N6502.5 .C656 2019 (print) | DDC 709.8/0904–dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019005881 Cover Design: Wiley Cover (Main): Estudiante Muerto (El Velorio) | The Dead Student (The Vigil), Alejandro Obregón. Collection OAS AMA | Art Museum of the Americas, Washington, DC. Cover Panel: (left) Marpacífico | Hibiscus, Amelia Peláez. Collection OAS AMA | Art Museum of the Americas, Washington, DC. (center) India Huanca, José Sabogal. Collection OAS AMA | Art Museum of the Americas, Washington, DC. (right) Para Don Pedro, Juan Sánchez. Courtesy of Juan Sánchez Guariken Arts, Inc. Set in 10/12pt Galliard by Straive, Pondicherry, India 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Contents 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 This section focuses on the origins and development of avant‐garde art movements based in the major urban centers of Latin America. It addresses the rising tensions between social and aesthetic agendas (especially around issues of race and class), redefinitions of national identities, and the confrontation between cosmopolitanism and nationalism. This set of essays explores various movements and critical voices in relation to relevant aspects of the international avant‐garde and key moments of social and political history. 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 José Carlos Mariátegui 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 vi ◼ ◼ ◼ contents 5 Photography, Avant‐Garde, and Modernity 67 Esther Gabara Part II 1945–1959: The Cold War and Internationalism 81 This group of essays addresses the rise of abstraction and consolidation of “international- ist” formalism, the polemics between the proponents of social realism, and indigenism as “authentic” art forms versus the subsequent development of alternative movements such as geometric, concrete, and gestural abstraction. It examines these movements within the social and political context of the Cold War and the rise of modernization theory and state‐led developmentalism across Latin America. It also highlights the importance of the rise of institutions, museums, and events, such as the São Paulo Biennial, in the growing internationalization of Latin American art. 6 Wifredo Lam, Aimé Césaire, Eugenio Granell, André 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 López‐Durán 10 The Realism‐Abstraction Debate in Latin America: Four Questions 151 Megan A. Sullivan 11 São 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 This section deals with the upheavals in art and politics in the decade of the 1960s. Significant changes in the visual arts (the dematerialization of the art object, the rise of happenings, and the politicization of art) are read against the political and social turmoil of the Cuban Revolution, the 1968 student protests, and polarization of the political spectrum across Latin America. Several key theorists of this intense period of artistic and political development (Marta Traba, José Gómez Sicre, Ferreira Gullar, and Oscar Masotta) are particularly highlighted. 12 Art and the Cuban Revolution 185 Alejandro Anreus 13 The Myths of Hélio Oiticica 200 Irene V. Small contents ◼ ◼ ◼ vii 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 José Gómez 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 This section examines the rise of conceptual aesthetic strategies and new media in the 1970s and 1980s in relation to the repressive dictatorships, the retreat of democracy throughout the region, and international trends. In addition to examining new artistic collectives and movements, this section explores several key art critics crucial to theorizing these experimental aesthetic strategies, including Juan Acha, Nelly Richard, and Willy Thayer. 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 This section deals with the most recent production in Latin American and Latina/o art. It focuses on the rise of identity politics, the repercussions of globalization on Latin American and Latina/o art, and the burgeoning art market (dealers, auctions, collectors) and exhibitions under the economic effects of neoliberalism. 24 Border Art 385 Ila N. Sheren viii ◼ ◼ ◼ contents 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 This group of essays addresses broader theoretical and historical trends as well as key methodological approaches that have shaped the field. Essays explore the development of institutions, categories, models, and discourses that have shaped our conceptions of modern and contemporary Latin American and Latina/o art in the Western hemisphere. 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
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