Documents of Latin American and Latino Art

In this essay, Eduardo Planchart studies the specific qualities of the sculptural work of Gaudí Esté. The text can be divided into four parts. In the first, the writer analyzes the art language used by the artist, which is characterized by her use [...]

In this essay, curator María Elena Ramos examines the philosophical and aesthetic implications of representations of man-animal hybrids in the history of humanity, specifically in relation to art and to the wood carvings by Venezuelan sculptor Gaud [...]

In this essay, Roberto Guevara discusses Gaudí Esté’s visual art, acknowledging the importance of the Venezuelan sculptor’s relationship with wood, her material of choice. Guevara sees similarities between her carvings and Russian “matryoshka [...]

In this text, Katherine Chacón analyzes sculpture in wood by Venezuelan artist Gaudí Esté in terms of symbolism, balance of form, and gestural violence. Chacón asserts that the two fundamental aspects of Esté’s work are an inclination for [...]