Documents of Latin American and Latino Art

In this essay, which appeared in the catalogue for Veinte disecciones (Caracas: Museo de Bellas Artes, 1982), the exhibition of works by Roberto Obregón, the researcher Susana Benko reflects on cultural symbols, conventions, and codes and the [...]

Plica was a group exhibition organized by the Galería Ars Forum (Caracas, 1997). The three participants were Venezuelan artists: Pablo Ballini, Dulce Gómez, and Luis Romero. The catalogue for the exhibition was created in the form of a poster that [...]

In this critique Susana Benko analyzes the work of Ivan Petrovsky. The author covers drawings by Petrovsky belonging to different periods of his artistic production, while describing the range of techniques and materials he used. Benko likewise [...]

Divided into eight chapters, this text by scholar Susana Benko is a study of contemporary Venezuelan art. The first part serves as an introduction, and consists of a brief overview of the Clara Diament Sujo collection. Afterward, she turns her focus [...]

Scholar Susana Benko traces the artistic career of Omar Carreño. After brief reflection on the importance of changes in the understanding of the arts, she recounts and analyzes the significant events in the work of the Venezuelan painter and [...]