ARTH 492 Latin American Art

In-depth scholarship on the central artists, movements, and themes of Latin American art, from the Mexican revolution to the present, this book has a uniquely inclusive focus that includes both Spanish-speaking Caribbean and contemporary Latinx art in the United States.

Bringing together sixty-five primary documents vital to understanding the history of art in Latin America since 1900, Patrick Frank shows how modern art developed in Latin America. Besides autobiographies, manifestos, interviews, and artists' statements, the editor has assembled material from videos, blogs, handwritten notes, flyers, lectures, and even an after-dinner speech

In Latin America, where even today writing has remained a restricted form of expression, the task of generating consent and imposing the emergent nation-state as the exclusive form of the political, was largely conferred to the image. This volume is the first concerted attempt by cultural, historical and visual scholars to address the political dimension of visual culture in Latin America, in a comparative perspective spanning various regions and historical stages.

Includes 5,700+ entries on Latin America's 37 countries. Includes full index, thematic outline of topics, and table of biographical subjects by profession.