Documents of Latin American and Latino Art

Xul Solar’s version in neoCreole languange of a selected text from Stufen (Stages) (1918) by the German poet, Christian Morgenstern (1871-1914 [...]

This text consists of Pedro Figari’s response to the following questions posed by the journal Martín Fierro:1- Do you believe that there is such a thing as an Argentine sensibility and/or mentality? 2- If so, what are their characteristics? Figari [...]

The author of this article thinks that Peru does a better job of addressing its potential in the artistic arena than in the social or political sphere, although this has begun to change in recent years. In his opinion, José Sabogal’s paintings are [...]

In this prologue, Jorge Luis Borges defends his position that Pedro Figari’s work belongs to the lyrical genre in the way it paints Argentinean remembrance and memory: both the Criollo man and his world yielding before the “new man,” in whose [...]

According to the author of this article José Sabogal is, above all, “someone who expresses Peruvian-ness,” one who has not only developed an original technique, but has also managed to expose profound and unprecedented aspects of the country’s [...]

This essay presents a dense description of the clothing of certain indigenous groups in Guatemala. The writer describes, as far as possible, the fabrics used in different garments in a country where "indigenous people are still of pure stock in many [...]

Nicolás Olivari puts forward that for them, members of the N. S. [the new sensibility] of Argentina, the young vanguard, Spain does not entail any intellectual interest. In his opinion, it’s not even possible to match the works by the new [...]

This essay by José Carlos Mariátegui formed part of the “Peruanicemos al Perú” section of Mundial magazine. In this second text in the series on Indianist literature, the author analyzes the phenomenon of literary criollismo, explaining that [...]

This essay by writer and thinker José Carlos Mariátegui formed part of the “Peruanicemos al Perú” section of Mundial magazine. In it, Mariátegui questions the conservative position that sees the country’s tradition as colonial, Lima-based, [...]

Xul Solar analyzes the work of Argentinian painter Emilio Pettoruti, whom he considers “one of the fathers of future Criollo art which now is being born”, as “the Criollo avant-garde towards the future.” Such a Criollo future requires, [...]

Xul Solar, after analyzing and interpreting the works of Argentinean painter Emilio Pettoruti and reviewing his biographical information, perceives him as “fathering” the impending Criollo art. Xul understands that his work is still in its “ [...]