Documents of Latin American and Latino Art

The critic and art historian Álvaro Medina presents an overview and analysis of Colombian sculpture of the 1930s. This is the third chapter of his book El arte colombiano de los años veinte y treinta, which as suggested by its title, provides an [...]

In this review of a show featuring work by Spanish sculptor Ramón Barba, Max Grillo explains that Barba’s “unrivaled wooden sculpture Jacob el mendigo” is found beside paintings by Pierre Daguet and Hena Rodríguez. Grillo goes on to assert [...]

This article by Víctor Amaya González highlights three important aspects of Spanish sculptor Ramón Barba’s work: its ability to transform materials and to harmonize a diverse range of elements; its distinctive quality; and finally, and most [...]

When asked about the state of decorative arts in Colombia, critic Carlos Arturo Tapias Sánchez responds that there is just the faintest suggestion of an innovative tendency in the work of sculptors Rómulo Rozo and Ramón Barba. The first, Tapias S [...]