Documents of Latin American and Latino Art

This newsletter announces the CAYC’s presentation at the Agora Studio in Maastricht, Holland. This event was another stop on the international tour organized for the exhibition Hacia un perfil del arte latinoamericano that, in this case, [...]

In this latest foray on the international stage, the CAYC presented an updated version of Arte de Sistemas en Latinoamérica in London on November 28, 1974. The exhibition, at the British ICA (Institute of Contemporary Art), included works by [...]

This newsletter, which is written in English, announces the September 1975 opening of a new edition (with a different title) of Hacia un perfil del arte latinoamericano, the exhibition presented by the CAYC at the École cantonale des beaux- [...]

The CAYC produced this newsletter to promote the exhibition Arte de Sistemas en Latinoamérica at the Palazzo dei Diamanti, in Ferrara, Italy. The event opened on May 25, 1975, and the newsletter includes black-and-white photographs of works by [...]

The CAYC restated its Third World solidarity in what was then Yugoslavia (now Croatia), where it had already organized exhibitions in the past. This newsletter includes a list of participating artists whose works were shown in that edition of the [...]

This English version of the newsletter includes the announcement for Hacia un perfil del arte latinoamericano, the exhibition organized by the CAYC at the Dudley Peter Allen Memorial Art Museum, affiliated with Oberlin College, in Ohio, after touring [...]

As part of the Argentinean institution’s European tour in 1974, this newsletter announces the opening of an exhibition of Latin American art in July organized by the CAYC at the University of Fine Arts of Hamburg, Germany, with a presentation [...]

Listado de obras de artistas argentinos e internacionales participantes de la exhibición Hacia un perfil del arte latinoamericano, inaugurada el 22 de junio de 1972 en la sede del CAYC. Trátase de la primera presentación en [...]

This newsletter lists the works shown and participating artists at the exhibition organized by the CAYC as part of the Salón de la Independencia in Quito, Ecuador. This was one of the first times the center used the title Hacia un perfil del [...]

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 Arte de Sistemas, the exhibition presented at Museo de Arte Moderno de Buenos Aires. Participating artists are listed by country and there is a brief description of the concept of “arte de sistemas.” [...]

In this text, Thomas Messer explains the logic behind how he selected the works for his exhibition The Emergent Decade: Latin American Painters and Painting in the 1960s. He also considers the questions that the exhibition raises about how [...]

Kenneth Kemble writes about the architect and painter Clorindo Testa, focusing on his ability to work with the essential. Kemble discusses Testa’s exhibition of abstract paintings at Galería Bonino (Buenos Aires) and is taken aback with the use of [...]

Cover and listing of artists who participated in the exhibition 7 pintores abstractos [Seven Abstract Painters], held at Galería Pizzarro in Buenos Aires from October 1 to 19, 1957. Essentially, it brings to the fore a singular grouping in the 1950s [...]

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 [...]

The text informs about the curatorial characteristics, artists, and works that are presented at the exhibition organized by the Centro Cultural Recoleta (Buenos Aires), which is sponsored by Página/12 (Buenos Aires), under the title La vuelta [...]

Hugo Parpagnoli comments on the works both by Argentinean artists and by Antoni Tàpies, presented by the Torcuato Di Tella Institute at the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes [National Museum of Fine Arts]. In addition, the critic argues that, in regard [...]

The art critic Samuel Paz wrote that art produced around 1959 was a pursuit rich with collective experiences, yet poor in individual outcome. In his opinion, rebellion today is mastering the path to “extroverted creation.” Although, contrary to [...]

Jorge Romero Brest begins his text with theoretical definitions about art’s meaning, perceived as an entity that has its own being. In his opinion, the artist becomes a trigger for an expression that is always being, in addition to the experience [...]

This document is the forewod to the Grupo de Artistas Modernos Argentinos [Modern Artists Group of Argentina] exhibition that presented works by the concrete artists Tomás Maldonado, Alfredo Hlito, Enio Iommi, Claudio Girola, Lidy Prati, as well as [...]

In this document Jorge Romero Brest introduces the exhibition Grupo de Artistas Modernos Argentinos [Modern Artists Group of Argentina] at the Stedelijk Museum of Ámsterdam. The exhibition presented works by the Concrete artists Tomás Maldonado, [...]

This document is a critical text that analyzes the rise of the group Siete Pintores Abstractos [Seven Abstract Painters]. The group was formed in 1957 without any previous theoretical proposals. The text emphasizes that in this case, and in contrast [...]

Luis Felipe Noé highlights the work of architect Clorindo Testa: his conception of movement in space as well as his existential affirmation.  On the other hand, he points out Gertrudis Chale’s preoccupation with the existence of man in the Andean [...]