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¿Fuera del centro?: arte argentino en las colecciones venezolanas
1995The researcher Irma Arestizábal comments on the placement of Argentinean avant-garde art, (always at the margin) in relationship to the hegemonic art centers. She writes based on a selection of works of Argentinean artists that appear in Venezuelan [...]ICAA Record ID: 1162631 -
¿Qué es un libro de edición especial?
1983In this article the journalist A. M. I. researches the field of special edition books. She interviews Luisa Palacios, the printmaker and director of TAGA (Taller de Artistas Gráficos Asociados) in Caracas, tracing the origins of this kind of [...]ICAA Record ID: 1101428 -
"Signos" de la pintora Mercedes Pardo
1964The journalist Lorenzo Batallán writes about the impending opening of Signos, the exhibition of works by the painter Mercedes Pardo at the Sala Mendoza (Caracas). In his article, Batallán describes this Venezuelan artist’s experimentation with [...]ICAA Record ID: 1155975 -
[Es bastante excepcional el caso de pintores...]
1970Here, the French critic and journalist Thiébault-Sisson performs an exhaustive review of the artistic life of the painter Emilio Boggio. The article comments on his artistic beginnings and his relationships with his teacher Jean-Paul Laurens and his [...]ICAA Record ID: 1161716 -
[Estas Nenias continúan,...]
1985The researcher Victoria de Stefano wrote the introduction to a catalogue for the 1985 exhibition Nenias by the graphic designer Gerd Leufert at the Museo de Bellas Artes in Caracas. She provides an overview of the artist’s work, in contrast with [...]ICAA Record ID: 1155483 -
[Hace medio siglo, en una heladería de Valencia...]
1985Critic Juan Calzadilla wrote this text on Venezuelan artist Braulio Salazar on the fiftieth anniversary of his first solo show. That exhibition, Calzadilla explains, took place at a moment when Salazar’s efforts as an artist and as an educator were [...]ICAA Record ID: 1161987 -
[José Luis Cuevas realiza sus primeros dibujos ...]
1985In a text on the drawings and prints of José Luis Cuevas written in 1985, the art historian Catalina Banko compares his work to that of the Mexican muralists in order to show the major differences between them. To accomplish this, the Venezuelan [...]ICAA Record ID: 1156829 -
[Los primeros testimonios sobre el Brasil surgieron en forma de grabados...]
1968The text by Brazilian author Alberto Da Costa e Silva for the exhibition “9 grabadores del Brasil” [Nine Engravers of Brazil] (Museo de Bellas Artes, Caracas, 1968) presents an expansive view of the history and evolution of engraving in the [...]ICAA Record ID: 1156704 -
[Parsimoniosa, reflexiva, esta obra que no tiene más de tres años de diseñada...]
1976This is Marta Traba’s critical review of the exhibition of silkscreen prints by Susy Iglicki at the Museo de Bellas Artes in Caracas. Traba discusses the Venezuelan artist’s use of space, color, planes, and volumes, while referring to her [...]ICAA Record ID: 1106934 -
A causa del CEGRA
1979The Venezuelan critic Roberto Guevara introduces the exhibition of works by the first group of artists to have graduated from CEGRA (Centro de Enseñanza Gráfica, Caracas). In his article, Guevara discusses art instruction and describes CEGRA as an [...]ICAA Record ID: 1142060 -
Aguariacuar : la partida
1994The journalist Maritza Jiménez reviews the presentation of a book-sculpture that includes prints by Lihie Talmor and poems by the Venezuelan writer Edda Armas. Jiménez describes how the book was conceived and created by Talmor with support from [...]ICAA Record ID: 1155873 -
Alianza y magia de grabado y pintura : Alirio Palacios bajo la luz de Reverón
1998In this essay, Eugenio Montejo writes about the Venezuelan painter Alirio Palacios, comparing his paintings to the work of Armando Reverón. He mentions their relentless experimenting, the fact that they were both landscape painters (of the coastal [...]ICAA Record ID: 1155235 -
Alirio Palacios : el arte de la violencia
1973This is the Venezuelan writer Igor Molina’s article about the work of the Venezuelan artist Alirio Palacios who, at the time this article was published, was thirty years old and had already had a considerable amount of experience. Molina, however, [...]ICAA Record ID: 1155701 -
Alirio Palacios : El estado tiene la responsabilidad del futuro del Centro de Diseño
1979The journalist Lenelina Delgado interviews the artist Alirio Palacios on the occasion of the crisis at the Centro INCE (Instituto Nacional de Cooperación Educativa) de Diseño (Caracas). As the instructor at the print shop at INCE, Palacios [...]ICAA Record ID: 1155596 -
Alirio Palacios : grabado más allá de la muerte
1999The journalist Pablo Villamizar interviews the painter Alirio Palacios on the occasion of the opening of the latter’s exhibition Xilografías y concretografías. Grabado 1994–1999 at the Museo de Bellas Artes de Caracas. The 1999 exhibition [...]ICAA Record ID: 1155754 -
Alirio Palacios : magia y maestría del grabado
1999Writer Eugenio Montejo introduces the graphic work of Alirio Palacios, a master whose work he deems on a level comparable to that of Armando Reverón. In Montejo’s opinion, Palacios was a major figure in Venezuelan art, especially in his treatment [...]ICAA Record ID: 1154602 -
Alirio Palacios se propone rescatar el grabado milenario de China
1993The journalist Edith Guzmán interviews Alirio Palacios about his printmaking and the exhibitions he was involved in at the time. Palacios explains that he has taken up woodcut printing again and has been experimenting with that technique, using what [...]ICAA Record ID: 1155809 -
Apuntes sobre la colección de Arte de América
1988This text by Federica Palomero was written for Arte de América, the exhibition she curated in 1988 on the occasion of the anniversary of the founding of the Museo de Bellas Artes de Caracas. The text describes the origins of the collection of Inter- [...]ICAA Record ID: 1161144 -
Apuntes sobre los inicios de la imprenta en Venezuela : siglo XIX
1997In 1997, the curator José Ignacio Herrera wrote this pamphlet on the evolution of printing in Venezuela from its beginnings in the nineteenth century through the development of the graphic arts in the twentieth century. The curator reviews the [...]ICAA Record ID: 1156564 -
Atelier huella
1995This essay by the historian Juan Carlos Palenzuela appeared in the catalogue for the Taller Huella exhibition held at the Venezuelan Embassy in Paris in 1995. Palenzuela briefly describes the pieces submitted by participating artists, whose work is [...]ICAA Record ID: 1101460 -
Beatríz González : pintora colombiana, nacida en Bucaramanga en...
1991In Venezuela, curator Katherine Chacón reviews the work of Colombian artist Beatriz González, particularly in reference to her re-creation of artistic masterpieces, in painting, drawing, and objects, since 1962. To do so she establishes connections [...]ICAA Record ID: 1161112 -
Cegra - Quinta Promoción
1987María Elena Ramos introduces the exhibition of works by the fifth generation of graduates from CEGRA (Centro de Enseñanza Gráfico, in Caracas). Ramos explains that in its ten-year existence, CEGRA has graduated five generations of artists, all [...]ICAA Record ID: 1154316 -
Chacón : hoy abren exposición
1965This article announces the exhibition of Venezuelan artist Luis Chacón at the Galería El Pez Dorado (Caracas). The show was mounted within the context of the transition that the Círculo Pez Dorado had passed through, whose leadership was now in [...]ICAA Record ID: 1151334 -
Chacón revive y renueva un noble arte : el grabado
1966In this interview with Venezuelan artist Luis Chacón, journalist José Antonio Rial offers an overview of his education, influences, preference in techniques, research, and proposals for engraving. He describes in detail his transition from the use [...]ICAA Record ID: 1151366 -
Cinco creadores dejan "Huella" en las artes gráficas venezolanas
1992The journalist Yasmín Monsalve interviews members of the Taller Huella at the exhibition they organized in November 1992 at the Sala CANTV (Compañía Anónima Nacional de Teléfonos de Venezuela). She also reports on the group’s origins and [...]ICAA Record ID: 1101492 -
Cincuenta años del Museo de Bellas Artes de Caracas : aproximación a las colecciones del Museo de Bellas Artes de Caracas
1988The curator Iris Peruga discusses the structure and content of the collection of works at the Museo de Bellas Artes de Caracas. She names artists and works, and links them to various key moments in the museum’s history. In her essay she talks about [...]ICAA Record ID: 1257115 -
Color y módulos en Mercedes Pardo
1969This article by the critic Roberto Guevara is about 1 x 9: color de la serigrafía, the exhibition of works by the artist Mercedes Pardo at the Museo de Bellas Artes in Caracas. Guevara skims through the painter’s various earlier phases, and then [...]ICAA Record ID: 1155991 -
Consideraciones preliminares
1995The researcher Federica Palomero reviews the history of Venezuelan art in the 1960s, which she describes as “the prodigious decade.” She discusses the major artists, movements, works, exhibitions, salons, biennials, and exhibition spaces of the [...]ICAA Record ID: 1162487 -
Creado el taller de artistas gráficos : en la dimensión de la venezuela verdadera
1976This newspaper article (signed with the initials L. B. S.) is a review of the founding of the TAGA (Taller de Artistas Gráficos Asociados), which is described as being an extension of the 1960s printmaking movement connected to the workshop of Luisa [...]ICAA Record ID: 1081157 -
Del papel al acero : Gladys Meneses sigue rindiendo culto al Delta
1990The journalist Miriam Delgado interviews the Venezuelan engraver Gladys Meneses. During the course of the conversation, Meneses talks about an important change in her approach to her art. She explains that she decided to replace paper with other [...]ICAA Record ID: 1155645 -
Desde el lector
1994This essay by the Venezuelan researcher José Luis Guevara was published in the catalogue for the exhibition Un lector, algunos diseñadores gráficos, una década, at the Museo de Bellas Artes in Caracas. Guevara reviews the work of six Venezuelan [...]ICAA Record ID: 1156656 -
Domingo Álvarez : la gramática del espacio y la ilusoria infinitud
1991The curator María Elena Ramos discusses the problem of space, both in architecture and in works of art that involve manipulating art and space; her frame of reference ranges from what is “visible and exists” (architecture, real space) to what is [...]ICAA Record ID: 1161160 -
El 15 se firma el convenio entre el TAGA y el Conac
1989The journalist Aliana González discusses the search for a solution to the crisis unfolding at TAGA (Taller de Artistas Gráficos Asociados) in 1989. She mentions the sale of discounted works donated by TAGA members to benefit the group. She also [...]ICAA Record ID: 1101444 -
El azar de romper, de abrir camino
1995In this article, the critic Roberto Guevara reflects on Venezuelan artist Mary Brandt’s work on account of the posthumous exhibition organized by the GAN (Galería de Arte Nacional) in Caracas. For Guevara, painting by this artist “experienced [...]ICAA Record ID: 1162423 -
El cegra cinco años después
1982Critic Roberto Guevara presents an exhibition on CEGRA (Centro de Enseñanza Gráfica, Caracas), five years after its creation, analyzing the evolution of CEGRA in response to the state of arts education in Venezuela. He also states that at its start [...]ICAA Record ID: 1153429 -
El Cegra, una experiencia útil
1981In this article, Juan Calzadilla introduces the exhibition of work by the second graduating class from CEGRA (Centro de Enseñanza Gráfica, in Caracas). He discusses the fundamental goals of this Venezuelan school workshop, suggesting that the [...]ICAA Record ID: 1153413 -
El diario inédito del pintor Emilio Boggio en Caracas : de julio a septiembre de 1919
1978In this article, the critic Rafael Pineda discusses the unpublished diary kept by the Venezuelan artist Emilio Boggio while he was living in Caracas in 1919. Pineda writes about Boggio’s return to the country where he was born, his reunion with his [...]ICAA Record ID: 1161700 -
El grabado en Venezuela
1978The critic Juan Calzadilla provides a broad overview of the history of Venezuelan printmaking, from its earliest days in the nineteenth century until this essay was published in 1978. He discusses certain landmark events along the way, such as how [...]ICAA Record ID: 1069321 -
El grabado en Venezuela
1968In this article, written for a corporate magazine, the Venezuelan artist Luis Chacón describes the history of printmaking in Venezuela, with a focus on the twentieth century. He briefly mentions the origins of this technique in Europe, and explains [...]ICAA Record ID: 1143092 -
El hombre hecho de papel
1980The historian Alfredo Armas Alfonzo wrote a biography on the life and work of the Russian artist Nicolás Ferdinandov, from the time when he lived in Venezuela until his death in Curaçao. He commented on the influence Ferdinandov bestowed on young [...]ICAA Record ID: 1161886 -
El TAGA : un sueño de verdad
1979In this text, Bélgica Rodríguez describes the creation of the Taller de Artistas Gráficos Asociados (TAGA). She explains that it was conceived as a workspace where printmakers could produce their projects. Rodríguez mentions those responsible for [...]ICAA Record ID: 1068980 -
El Taga aspira a ser la Casa del Artista Gráfico Venezolano
1978This article, by the journalist Mara Comerlati, is about the TAGA (Taller de Artistas Gráficos Asociados, Caracas). It was written after the Ministry of Urban Development announced its plans to build new premises for the TAGA in the vicinity of the [...]ICAA Record ID: 1081133 -
El Taga le ofrece
1984In this newspaper article, Mara Comerlati writes about the TAGA (Taller de Artistas Gráficos Asociados, Caracas); she discusses its origins, its reason for being, and its objectives. She also identifies its benefactors and describes how the [...]ICAA Record ID: 1101412 -
Elisa Elvira : una constante prueba de artista
1981A year after Elisa Elvira Zuloaga’s death, Juan Carlos Palenzuela takes a broad look at her contributions to Venezuelan culture, not just as an artist but as a promoter as well. In Palenzuela’s opinion, Zuloaga’s greatest contribution was to [...]ICAA Record ID: 1080957 -
Emilio Boggio
1973This is critic Juan Calzadilla’s biographical essay for the catalogue produced by the Museo Emilio Boggio (Caracas: Concejo Municipal del Distrito Federal, n.d.). Calzadilla provides a detailed report about Emilio Boggio, discussing where he was [...]ICAA Record ID: 1162902 -
En el taller de Mary Brandt
1995Juan Calzadilla describes a visit to the Venezuelan artist Mary Brandt’s studio in 1972, during her one-woman show at the Sala Mendoza in Caracas. The critic discusses her technique, her use of color and form, and her canvases, slashed to reveal [...]ICAA Record ID: 1162391 -
Espacios para creer
1986The critic Roberto Guevara suggests that the contrast in the Czech-born Venezuelan artist Marietta Berman’s two- and three-dimensional pieces appropriates space in her highly personal work. Guevara notes that the two-dimensional pieces in the [...]ICAA Record ID: 1162503 -
Estampa
1994In this essay about the selection of illustrations to accompany text, the Venezuelan curator Corina Michelena reflects on the blankness of the sheet of paper. In the case of an illustration, she suggests, that blankness actually represents the [...]ICAA Record ID: 1156672 -
Forma espacial
1962The critic Juan Calzadilla introduces the exhibition of prints by Luis Chacón at the Museo de Bellas Artes in Caracas, discussing the lack of a printmaking tradition and wondering what the artist might do to remedy the void in training opportunities [...]ICAA Record ID: 1134993 -
Gladys Meneses, Iván Torres
1962F. Valladares reviews the III Exposición Nacional de Dibujo y Grabado held at the Facultad de Arquitectura y Urbanismo de la Universidad Central de Venezuela, Caracas. While the author remarks on the work of young Venezuelan printmakers like Luisa [...]ICAA Record ID: 1155685