Artes Visuales : The Latin American Avant-Garde in Print - Andee Berberich

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A deeply researched guide to the periodical that helped shape the Latin American avant-garde of the 1970sPublished with Hunter College Art Galleries . Compiling artworks that appea red in the influential magazine Artes Visuales-published by Mexico's Museo de Arte Moderno and directed by Carla Stellweg from 1973 to 1981-this volume spotlights a community of experimental artists from Latin America. Featuring work by Alvaro Barrios, Luis Camnitzer, Jorge Caraballo, Antonio Caro, Manuel Felgu�rez, Anna Bella Geiger, Victor Grippo, Cildo Meireles, , Alfredo Portillos, Vicente Rojo, Francisco Toledo, Regina Vater and others, this rigorously researched book testifies to the periodical's daring editorial aim: to establish a space in which Latin Americans could exercise unfettered self-determination. It also includes an interview with Carla Stellweg, essays on painting, page art, photography and performance, as well as a bibliography related to the activities and publications of Stellweg and the circle of artists and critics she gathered on the pages of Artes Visuales. Show more