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Alirio Palacios : el arte de la violencia
1973This is the Venezuelan writer Igor Molina’s article about the work of the Venezuelan artist Alirio Palacios who, at the time this article was published, was thirty years old and had already had a considerable amount of experience. Molina, however, [...]ICAA Record ID: 1155701 -
Antonio Sequí
1969This short essay was written for the 1969 exhibition catalog of lithographs by Argentine artist Antonio Seguí held at the Galería Colibrí in Puerto Rico. In it, French writer André Pieyre de Mandiargues (1909–1991) asserts that Seguí is an [...]ICAA Record ID: 860059 -
Carlos Mérida
1937Based on the exhibition presented by Carlos Mérida at the gallery of the Palacio de Bellas Artes, and the recent favorable reviews received abroad by the artist himself, Guillermo Jiménez establishes the parameters that he considers necessary to [...]ICAA Record ID: 752294 -
Cegra - Quinta Promoción
1987María Elena Ramos introduces the exhibition of works by the fifth generation of graduates from CEGRA (Centro de Enseñanza Gráfico, in Caracas). Ramos explains that in its ten-year existence, CEGRA has graduated five generations of artists, all [...]ICAA Record ID: 1154316 -
El Cegra, una experiencia útil
1981In this article, Juan Calzadilla introduces the exhibition of work by the second graduating class from CEGRA (Centro de Enseñanza Gráfica, in Caracas). He discusses the fundamental goals of this Venezuelan school workshop, suggesting that the [...]ICAA Record ID: 1153413 -
El TAGA : un sueño de verdad
1979In this text, Bélgica Rodríguez describes the creation of the Taller de Artistas Gráficos Asociados (TAGA). She explains that it was conceived as a workspace where printmakers could produce their projects. Rodríguez mentions those responsible for [...]ICAA Record ID: 1068980 -
En nombre de cristo…han asesinado a más de 200 maestros : 7 litografías de Leopoldo Méndez. Centro productor de Artes Plásticas del Departamento de Bellas Artes
1939Leopoldo Méndez made seven lithographs to commemorate the systematic murder of teachers that took place between 1936 and 1938. There was a large print run of these lithographs done in a booklet printed on cheap paper. Following each succinct [...]ICAA Record ID: 822751 -
La línea que se fue de paseo
2000In this review, Josefina Núñez refers to Gego’s training and development as a graphic artist, and discusses her technical and creative approach to printing and lithography. Núñez takes a long look at Gego’s art based on her unique use of line [...]ICAA Record ID: 1156752 -
Los grabados chinos de Alirio Palacios
1967This is an unsigned article about an exhibition by the Venezuelan artist Alirio Palacios upon his return from China. The journalist provides general information about the printmaking art in China and informs us that Palacios absorbed and grew through [...]ICAA Record ID: 1155187 -
Luz verde para el Taga
1980In this article, the critic Roberto Guevara discusses the early days of the Venezuelan graphic arts, explaining that graphic artists were self-taught, and recalling the recent past of this particular technique. Guevara analyzes the importance of the [...]ICAA Record ID: 1069292 -
Texto
1969This is Luis Camnitzer’s essay about his involvement in the NYGW (New York Graphic Workshop) presentation of prints inspired by the FANDSO [Free Assemblable Non-Functional Disposable Serial Object] Manifesto. Camnitzer’s goal is to re-define the [...]ICAA Record ID: 1241878 -
Última promoción
1990Venezuelan poet Ida Gramcko presents the last exhibition of the term and final exhibition of CEGRA (Centro de Enseñanza Gráfica, Caracas) [Center for Graphic Studies, Caracas]. In her text, she underscored the fundamental concept that drives [...]ICAA Record ID: 1154332