Includes bibliographical references (pages 336-337) and index.
Contents:
Foreword / Rebecca Morrill and Maia Murphy -- Introduction. From rakata to rakata / by Raphael Fonseca -- Eduardo Abaroa -- Farley Aguilar -- Allora & Calzadilla -- Manuel Alvarez Bravo -- Francis Alys -- Antonio Henrique Amaral -- Olga de Amaral -- Tarsila do Amaral -- Carlos Amorales -- Sonia Andrade -- Armando Andrade Tudela -- Claudia Andujar -- Alexander Apostol -- Julieta Aranda -- Ivan Argote -- Alejandro Arostegui -- Lucas Arruda -- ASMA -- Tonico Lemos Auad -- Maria Auxiliadora da Silva -- Belkis Ayon -- Margarita Azurdia -- Firelei Baez -- Adria Balseca -- Alvaro Barrington -- Artur Barrio -- Patricia Belli -- Antonio Berni -- Diego Bianchi -- Arthur Bispo do Rosario -- Oscar Bony -- Fernando Botero -- Marcelo Brodsky -- Tania Bruguera -- Paulo Bruscky -- Fernando Bryce -- Teresa Burga -- Roberto Burle Marx -- Waltercio Caldas -- Edgar Calel -- Sol Calero -- Seba Calfuqueo -- Johanna Calle -- Ibere Camargo -- Sergio Camargo -- Pia Camil -- Luis Camnitzer -- Maria Magdalena Campos-Pons -- Giuseppe Campuzano -- Tony Capellan -- Agustin Cardenas -- Antonio Caro -- Leonora Carrington -- Ulises Carrion -- Flavio de Carvalho -- Claudia Casarino -- Amilcar de Castro -- Willys de Castro -- Leda Catunda -- Carolina Caycedo -- Feliciano Centurion -- Alejandro Cesarco -- Gabriel Chaile -- Martin Chambi -- Marcelo Cidade -- Lygia Clark -- Carlos Colombino -- Donna Conlon -- Horacio Coppola -- Waldemar Cordeiro -- Beatriz Cortez -- Miguel Covarrubias -- Carlos Cruz-Diez -- Abraham Cruzvillegas -- Minerva Cuevas -- Alexandre da Cunha -- Elena Damiani -- Sandu Darie -- Jose Davila -- Jonathas de Andrade -- Mariana Castillo Deball -- Lenora de Barros -- Jorge de la Vega -- Antonio Dias -- Cicero Dias -- Emiliano Di Cavalcanti -- Mestre Didi -- Eugenio Dittborn -- Djanira -- Juan Downey -- Matias Duville -- Juan Pablo Echeverri -- Felipe Ehrenberg -- Jorge Eielson -- Sandra Eleta -- Leandro Erlich -- Paz Errazuriz -- Jaider Esbell -- Dario Escobar -- Helen Escobedo -- Iran do Espirito Santo -- Alia Farid -- Manuel Felguerez -- Leon Ferrari -- Rafael Ferrer -- Pedro Figari -- Leonor Fini -- Lucio Fontana -- Maria Freire -- Pedro Friedeberg -- Coco Fusco -- Julio Galan -- Regina Jose Galindo -- Sandra Gamarra -- Carlos Garaicoa -- Mario Garcia Torres -- Ximena Garrido-Lecca -- Ana Elena Garuz -- Gego -- Anna Bella Geiger -- Gunther Gerzso -- Jose Gil de Castro -- Mathias Goeritz -- Sonia Gomes -- Beatriz Gonzalez -- Felix Gonzalez-Torres -- Alberto Greco -- Victor Grippo -- Lourdes Grobet -- Oswaldo Guayasamin -- Alberto da Veiga Guignard -- Antonio Jose Guzman -- Hulda Guzman -- Cecilio Guzman de Rojas -- Sheroanawe Hakihiiwe -- Annemarie Heinrich -- Ayrson Heraclito -- Carmen Herrera -- Federico Herrero -- Maria Teresa Hincapie -- Kati Horna -- Hudinilson Jr. -- Luchita Hurtado -- Enio Iommi -- Graciela Iturbide -- Maria Izquierdo -- Alfredo Jaar -- Claudia Joskowicz -- Frida Kahlo -- Lucia Koch -- Gyula Kosice -- Guillermo Kuitca -- Fernanda Laguna -- Lucia Laguna -- Wifredo Lam -- David Lamelas -- Las Nietas de Nono -- Jac Leirner -- Nelson Leirner -- Glenda Leon -- Engel Leonardo -- Leonilson -- Julio Le Parc -- Artur Lescher -- Laura Lima -- Daniel Lind-Ramos -- Anibal Lopez -- Candido Lopez -- Los Carpinteros -- Rafael Lozano-Hemmer -- Renata Lucas -- Jorge Macchi -- Oswaldo Macia -- Lucia Madriz -- Anna Maria Maiolino -- Tomas Maldonado -- Anita Malfatti -- Guadalupe Maravilla -- Cinthia Marcelle -- Marepe -- Teresa Margolles -- Marisol -- Carlos Martiel -- Jose Carlos Martinat -- Claudia Martinez Garay -- Maria Martins -- Roberto Matta -- Cildo Meireles -- Ana Mendieta -- Carlos Merida -- Beatriz Milhazes -- Joiri Minaya -- Ad Minoliti -- Marta Minujin -- Tina Modotti -- Jota Mombacʹa -- Priscilla Monge -- Roberto Montenegro -- Armando Morales -- Delcy Morelos -- Carlos Motta -- Jill Mulleady -- Vik Muniz -- Oscar Munoz -- Abdias Nascimento -- Eduardo Navarro -- Ivan Navarro -- Ana Navas -- Paulo Nazareth -- Edgar Negret -- Maria Nepomuceno -- Ernesto Neto -- Rivane Neuenschwander -- Aliza Nisenbaum -- Luis Felipe Noe -- Juan O'Gorman -- Tomie Ohtake -- Helio Oiticica -- Lydia Okumura -- Francisco Oller y Cestero -- Gabriel Orozco -- Jose Clemente Orozco -- Damian Ortega -- Pepon Osorio -- Benjamin Ossa -- Alejandro Otero -- Maria Luisa Pacheco -- Fernando Palma Rodriguez -- Lygia Pape -- Jorge Pardo -- Violeta Parra -- Cesar Paternosto -- Dalton Paula -- Rosana Paulino -- Amelia Pelaez -- Andres Pereira Paz -- Solange Pessoa -- Emilio Pettoruti -- Amalia Pica -- Antonio Pichilla -- La Chola Poblete -- Rita Ponce de Leon -- Gala Porras-Kim -- Liliana Porter -- Candido Portinari -- Rene Portocarrero -- Jose Guadalupe Posada -- Wilfredo Prieto -- Naufus Ramirez-Figueroa -- Eduardo Ramirez Villamizar -- Vicente do Rego Monteiro -- Rosangela Renno -- Mauro Restiffe -- Armando Reveron -- Abigail Reyes -- Pedro Reyes -- Manuela Ribadeneira -- Naomi Rincon Gallardo -- Diego Rivera -- Abel Rodriguez -- Miguel Angel Rojas -- Rebeca Romero -- Lotty Rosenfeld -- Rhod Rothfuss -- Jose Sabogal -- Doris Salcedo -- Sebastiao Salgado -- Zilia Sanchez -- Beatriz Santiago Munoz -- Oscar Santillan -- Tomas Saraceno -- Mira Schendel -- Lasar Segall -- Ivan Serpa -- Paula Siebra -- Gabriel Sierra -- Regina Silveira -- David Alfaro Siqueiros -- Valeska Soares -- Lolo Soldevilla -- Jesus Rafael Soto -- Jose Antonio Suarez Londono -- Vivian Suter -- Fernando de Szyszlo -- Rufino Tamayo -- Javier Tellez -- Francisco Toledo -- Joaquin Torres-Garcia -- Guillermo Trujillo -- Tunga -- Johanna Unzueta -- Rubem Valentim -- Adan Vallecillo -- Adriana Varejao -- Remedios Varo -- Sandra Vasquez de la Horra -- Simon Vega -- Jose Maria Velasco -- Jose Antonio Velasquez -- Erika Verzutti -- Cecilia Vicuna -- Adrian Villar Rojas -- Alfredo Volpi -- Barbara Wagner and Benjamin de Burca -- Faith Wilding -- Xul Solar -- Carla Zaccagnini -- Francisco Zuniga -- Glossary of art terms, styles, and movements.
Summary:
"Latin American artists have gained increasing international prominence as the art world awakens to the area's extraordinary art scenes and histories. In an accessible A-Z format, this volume introduces key artworks by 308 artists who together demonstrate the variety and vitality of artwork being made. Focusing on those born, or who have lived, in the 20 Spanish and Portuguese-speaking regions of Latin America, and featuring historic and living artists -- both those celebrated internationally and names less-known outside their native countries -- this book has been created in close collaboration with an expert panel of 68 advisors and writers. Artists featured include: Allora and Calzadilla, Manuel Alvarez Bravo, Francis Alys, Olga de Amaral, Fernando Botero, Leonora Carrington, Lygia Clark, Carlos Cruz-Diez, Leonor Fini, Gego, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Carmen Herrera, Graciela Iturbide, Alfredo Jaar, Frida Kahlo, Guillermo Kuitca, Wifredo Lam, Teresa Margolles, Marisol, Cildo Meireles, Ana Mendieta, Beatriz Milhazes, Ernesto Neto, Helio Oiticica, Gabriel Orozco, Jose Clemente Orozco, Diego Rivera, Zilia Sanchez, David Alfaro Siqueiros, Cecilia Vicuna, Adrian Villar Rojas and Faith Wilding." -- Provided by publisher.
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