Additive value: Forging new understandings of art from Latin America Jorge F. Rivas Perez Introduction Jorge F. Rivas Perez and Victoria I. Lyall -- Acknowledgments -- This Perceived Earth: Landscape and identity in Americas Victoria I. Lyall -- Revising histories through new media Elena Shtromberg -- Interwoven histories: Between ancient and contemporary Latin American art Beverly Adams -- The exhibition as safe house: A contact perspective Julieta Gonzalez -- Additive value: Forging new understandings of art from Latin America Jorge F. Rivas Perez
Summary:
ReVisión: A New Look at Art in the Americas considers what makes the Americas the Americas. With essays by leading scholars of Latin American art history, the lavishly illustrated publication explores the ways in which the past continues to exert an influence on communities throughout the region. Artists such as Alexander Apóstol, Juan Enrique Bedoya, Johanna Calle, Chiachio & Giannone, Ronny Quevedo, Sandy Rodríguez, Eduardo Sarabia, Clarissa Tossin and Cecilia Vicuña draw on centuries of imagery from both before and after the Conquest to grapple with questions of identity, exploitation of natural resources and displacement. The essays in this book provide a framework for understanding the region's nuanced history of creation, destruction and renewal. They are written by Beverly Adams, newly appointed curator of Latin American art at MoMA; Julieta González, independent curator, Mexico City; and Elena Shtromberg, leading scholar of Latin American video art.
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