Documents of Latin American and Latino Art

This newsletter announces the opening of a new exhibition of works by the Argentinean artists who took part in Arte y Cibernética (CAYC, 1969). On this occasion, the artists showed their works at Le Musée Cybernétique, an [...]

A presentation of works by the group of Argentinean artists who took part in Arte y Cibernética (the first exhibition organized by the CAYC in 1969) and Creatividad Artificial (the exhibition that was part of the Festival de Arte e Investigaci [...]

An article in this newsletter announces the participation of Argentinean artists, represented by the CAYC, at the exhibition Tendencies-5, at the Zagreb Gallery of Contemporary Art. This was another example of the center’s ties to Eastern [...]

An article in this newsletter lists the exhibitions that the CAYC organized in 1972. The list includes events held at the center’s premises as well as those that were presented at the local and international institutions with which the CAYC [...]

This article announces the opening of a new exhibition of works by the group of Argentinean artists who took part in Arte y Cibernética—the first exhibition organized by the CAYC in 1969. This time their works were shown at the National [...]

This is a list of the artists and scientists who took part in Arte y Cibernética, the exhibition that was on display at the CAYC premises from December 29, 1970, to February 7, 1971. Pursuing its exploration of the link between art and [...]

This text announces the opening, on December 29, 1970, of a new edition of Arte y Cibernética, which will feature works by the Argentinean artists who took part in the earlier exhibition presented under the same title at the Galería [...]

Jorge Glusberg signed this text about Trans-Vanguard painting in Latin America, mentioning its expressive tradition, its formal precedents, stylistic characteristics, as well as contradictions and originality [...]

This article reports that Earle Brown, the composer from the United States, and Jesús Rafael Soto, the Venezuelan kinetic artist, attended the 3rd Latin American Art Biennial that was organized by Industrias Kaiser Argentina (IKA) in October 1966, [...]

William Sandberg writes about the impact he experienced when he got to know the cultural life of Buenos Aires. He mentions the solidarity of the artists who worked in groups, using as an example the artists from Otra Figuración [Another Figuration [...]

The text explains the objectives of the exhibition New Art of Argentina (Minneapolis: Walker Art Center, September 9–October 11, 1964); the characteristics of Argentinean art united to the successive immigration waves that happened to that country [...]

Schedule of activities and exhibitions for the Semana de arte avanzado [Advanced Art Week] in Argentina. The following entries stand out in the program: Experiencias visuales 1967 [the 1967 Visual Practices], the shows of Ernesto Deira (1928-86) and [...]

Regulations stating both which are the invited artists and the value of the prizes and norms that will be ruling the presentation of the artworks; this includes the materials to be attached and the deadlines [...]

This article reports on the round table organized by the Museo de Arte Moderno of Buenos Aires regarding the new attitude of artists; it also offers some of the opinions proposed [during the event]. The debate was coordinated by the director of the [...]

This is from the catalogue of the Nuevo Arte de la Argentina [New Art of Argentina] exhibition (Buenos Aires: Instituto Torcuato Di Tella, February 18 through March 8, 1964). The document explains that the goal of the exhibition was to present, in [...]

In this article Pellegrini affirms that as long as artists perceive that the image conveys an instantaneous message, and the researchers remark that we live in a “visual era,” the visual arts will be at the pole of maximum attraction of a culture [...]

The art critic sent this letter to Ernesto Deira informing him about the Instituto de Arte Latinoamericano [Latin American Art Institute], which includes the Museo Latinoamericano [Latin American Museum], for which he requests the collaboration of [...]

In this show of the Argentinean group Otra Figuración [Another Figuration] at Galería Bonino in Rio de Janeiro, the Brazilian writer and art critic Geraldo Ferraz points out the definition by Jorge Romero-Brest made at the exhibition of the New [...]

Jorge Romero Brest introduces the artists Ernesto Deiro, Rómulo Macció, Luis Felipe Noé, and  Jorge de la Vega as a collective group. He points out the commonalities that the artists have with Informalism, such as a liberated approach to things [...]

Kenneth Kemble comments on the award granted at the São Paulo Biennial to the Argentinean sculptress, Alicia Penalba, living in Paris. This matter allows him to analyze the exodus of artists of the new generation in search of a public with a broader [...]

Kenneth Kemble is caustic in his article about the group exhibition involving Otra Figuración[Other Figuration] carried out by the Galería Peuser. Ironically, he proposes a game of counting heads amongst the paint spills, adding that children [...]

In Noé’s opinion, the image of man has changed. It operates in existential relationship to his fellow men as well as to all things; this is the fundamental nexus for his group Otra Figuración [Another Figuration] given that things exist in a [...]