Documents of Latin American and Latino Art

In 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 [...]

In this text, author William Friedman analyzes the impact of Mauricio Lasansky—as artist and professor at the University of Iowa—in printmaking during the years 1946 to 1949. During this period, Lasansky and his students were the recipients of [...]

In this interview, artist Mauricio Lasansky discusses his graphic work, creative process and experimentation in producing prints, intaglio technique, and use of multiple plates in printing.  He discusses at length his 1976 print Quetzalcoatl, [...]