Documents of Latin American and Latino Art

In this 1993 text, Ruth Auerbach places the work of the artists participating in the 1st Salón Pirelli de Jóvenes Artistas within two contexts: a universal context and that of Latin America. At the same time, she justifies the existence of the [...]

In this chronicle by Enéas Valle, the artist/writer weaves a rhapsody that tells the story of the group called A Moreninha, of which he was a member (1986?87) in Rio de Janeiro. After providing the art background of Rio in the 1980s, the writer [...]

This long text by the art critic Frederico Morais, divided into 12 sections, described the mood of the art being created in Brazil in the 1980s. The emotions and pleasure were the main drivers of this new work, along with a celebration of youth. [...]

In this article, the photographer and critic Alair Gomes writes about the controversial eighteenth Bienal de São Paulo (1985), commonly known as the “Grande Tela” [Large Canvas]. According to Gomes, the underlying idea of the biennial is “ [...]