Documents of Latin American and Latino Art

This text introduces the work of the artist Yehuda Neiman, who was part of the Mec-Art—short for Mechanical Art—movement that explores the processes involved in the reproduction of images by photographic means. In line with the ongoing [...]

This text introduces the work of the artist Gianni Bertini, who is part of the new art movement that emerged in 1965 called Mec-Art (short for Mechanical Art); this art explores the mechanical processes involved in the reproduction of an image ( [...]

In this article Clemente Padín discusses the historical development of performance art in Europe and in North America. He also refers to specific examples to describe the nature of this action art as practiced in Latin America. He believes [...]

This introductory text by Otto Hahn analyzes some of the consequences of modern life within an industrialized city, such as uniformity, anonymity and the acceptance of triviality. He places the work of Robert Rauschenberg within this framework, as [...]