Documents of Latin American and Latino Art

This is Enrique Lihn’s lengthy, emphatic review of “Abstracción y Figurativismo o el dilema de la expresividad en la pintura,” an essay by Jorge Elliot. Lihn is not out to discredit Elliot’s proposals, he wants to [...]

In this essay Luis Oyarzún shares his tenets about art, describing it in aesthetic terms as an artistic experience that can be translated (via sensitive forms) in communication to express private or personal ideas. He suggests that self- [...]

In this essay, Enrique Lihn writes about the first period in Nemesio Antúnez’s career as an artist, ignoring what people usually say about his work in order to discuss “energetic contrasts.” It was during that early period ( [...]

Antonio Romera writes about the emergence and characteristics of the Rectángulo group. He explains that it was the first Chilean art group in which members shared a philosophy, an ethic, and an aesthetic. He reviews the career of Ramón [...]