Vistas 2—Realisms: Politics, Art, and Visual Culture in the Americas focuses on work produced between 1973 and 1984, a period in which the promise of modernism began to fracture throughout South America under the weight of political and economic stress. The essays in this issue discuss material produced in response to repressive regimes, sustained violence, and developmentalist expansion. This issue is dedicated to the First Annual Symposium of Latin American Art. ISLAA’s support for the Annual Symposium of Latin American Art extends to its publication Vistas. Every year, a selection of papers presented at the Annual Symposium is published in a dedicated journal issue published by ISLAA. Vistas is a vital complement to the Annual Symposium as well as a compendium of promising and energetic new research. ABOUT VISTAS Vistas: Critical Approaches to Modern and Contemporary Latin American Art is a platform for emerging scholars and graduate students working on Latin American art to share their research. The essays published in Vistas emerge from academic programming supported by ISLAA, primarily in partnership with universities. Vistas reflects the vitality and heterogeneity of Latin American art and art history, in line with ISLAA's mission to advance scholarship in this field and support for future generations of experts on Latin American art. To request print copies for your local library, contact [email protected].
