Documents of Latin American and Latino Art

In this essay [Mario] Razzeto discusses the work by Guamán Poma de Ayala—a chronicler of Inca lineage and author of Nueva Crónica y Buen Gobierno (1615)—explaining that it is a history of discourse or records of events that are juxtaposed [...]

The artist Rubem Valentim discusses the connection between his work and northeastern Brazil’s popular culture that, in his opinion, is a product of the syncretism of the region’s European, American Indian, and African populations. His goal is to [...]

This document includes two articles from the catalog for the exhibition Myths: Recent Paintings by Alejandro Romero held at the Mexican Fine Arts Center Museum in Chicago from April 19–July 7, 1991. The first article considers Romero’s use of [...]