A Companion to Modern and Contemporary Latin American and Latina/o Art

In-depth scholarship on the central artists, movements, and themes of Latin American art, from the Mexican revolution to the present A Companion to Modern and Contemporary Latin American and Latinx Art consists of over 30 never-before-published essays on the crucial historical and theoretical issues that have framed our understanding of art in Latin America. This book has a uniquely inclusive focus that includes both Spanish-speaking Caribbean and contemporary Latinx art in the United States. Influential critics of the 20th century are also covered, with an emphasis on their effect on the development of artistic movements. By providing in-depth explorations of central artists and issues, alongside cross-references to illustrations in major textbooks, this volume provides an excellent complement to wider surveys of Latin American and Latinx art. Readers will engage with the latest scholarship on each of five distinct historical periods, plus broader theoretical and historical trends that continue to influence how we understand Latinx, Indigenous, and Latin American art today. The book’s areas of focus include: The development of avant-garde art in the urban centers of Latin America from 1910-1945 The rise of abstraction during the Cold War and the internationalization of Latin American art from 1945-1959 The influence of the political upheavals of the 1960s on art and art theory in Latin America The rise of conceptual art as a response to dictatorship and social violence in the 1970s and 1980s The contemporary era of neoliberalism and globalization in Latin American and Latino Art, 1990-2010 With its comprehensive approach and informative structure, A Companion to Modern and Contemporary Latin American and Latinx Art is an excellent resource for advanced students in Latin American culture and art. It is also a valuable reference for aspiring scholars in the field.

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 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 Jose Carlos Mariategui 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 5 Photography, Avant‐Garde, and Modernity 67 Esther Gabara Part II 1945–1959: The Cold War and Internationalism 81 6 Wifredo Lam, Aime Cesaire, Eugenio Granell, Andre 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 Lopez‐Durán 10 The Realism‐Abstraction Debate in Latin America: Four Questions 151 Megan A. Sullivan 11 Sao 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 12 Art and the Cuban Revolution 185 Alejandro Anreus 13 The Myths of Helio Oiticica 200 Irene V. Small 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 Jose Gomez 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 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 24 Border Art 385 Ila N. Sheren 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 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