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Nov 25, 2013 · New York University professor Arlene Davila says "the whiteness" in the art world exists "at all levels." So identity-based shows like "Our America" are the only ways Latino artists can stand...
- Elizabeth Blair
- Why Is It Important to Study Latin American Art Today?
- What Do We Mean by Latin America?
- Geography
- From Networks of Exchange to A Global Trade Network
- “Non-Western” Art?
The study of Latin America and Latin American art is more relevant today than ever. In the United States, the burgeoning population of Latinos—people of Latin American descent—and consequently the rise of Spanish (and Spanglish) speakers, Latino musical genres, literature, and visual arts, require that we better understand the cultural origins of t...
Latin America broadly refers to the countries in the Americas (including the Caribbean) whose national language is derived from Latin. These include countries where the languages of Spanish, Portuguese, and French are spoken. Latin America is therefore a historical term rooted in the colonial era, when these languages were introduced to the area by...
While the countries of Latin America can be categorized by language, they can also be organized by region. Before 1492 C.E., the regions of Mesoamerica, the Isthmus (or Intermediate) Area, the Caribbean, and the Andes shared certain cultural traits, such as the same calendars, languages, and sports, as well as comparable artistic and architectural ...
From as early as the pre-Columbian era, there existed networks of exchange among the early civilizations of Latin America, through trade networks that stretched from Mesoamerica to South America. Limited by technology and transportation, forms of Indigenous contact were mainly restricted to the American continent. With the arrival of European conqu...
It is critical to also consider the negative impact of the artificial insertion of Latin American art into Western and non-Western narratives. While the term “Western art” refers largely to Europe and North America, whose artistic tradition looks back to the classicism of the ancient Greeks and Romans, the term “non-Western art” includes everything...
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Thus the study of Latin American art should not necessarily be thought of as a narrative that is entirely separate from that of the United States, but rather as one that is shared.
Aug 17, 2017 · Primarily, however, Latino art is American art, and much like feminist art in the 1970s, or queer art in the 1980s, Latino art in 2017 says as much about the country at large as it does...
- Kirstin Valdez Quade
- Tarsila do Amaral (1886–1973) Lived and worked in Brazil. Tarsila do Amaral. Tapestry Tarsila do Amaral - Antropofagia, 2016. By Kamy. Tarsila do Amaral is Brazil’s most famous 20th-century artist, but until recently, her work received sparse attention outside of her home country.
- María Izquierdo (1902–1955) Lived and work in Mexico. María Izquierdo. Our Lady of Sorrows, 1943. "Paint the Revolution: Mexican Modernism, 1910–1950" at Philadelphia Museum of Art.
- Lygia Clark (1920–1988) Lived and worked in Brazil. Lygia Clark. Superficie modulada, 1952. Ronie Mesquita Galeria. Lygia Clark was one of several artists in 1960s Brazil to pioneer interactive, immersive art—an attempt to break down the boundaries between art and life.
- Lygia Pape (1927–2004) Lived and worked in Brazil. Still of Lygia Pape, O ovo, (The Egg), 1967. © Projeto Lygia Pape. Courtesy of Hauser & Wirth and the BrooklynMuseum.
Latin American art, artistic traditions that developed in Mesoamerica, Central America, and South America after contact with the Spanish and the Portuguese beginning in 1492 and 1500, respectively, and continuing to the present. Read more about Latin America’s artists, movements, and media.
See how Latino Art and artists have shaped American culture through sound, painting, and a range of other creative art forms.
