Collective Creativity and Artistic
Agency in Colonial Latin America
Edited by Maya Stanfield-Mazzi and Margarita
Vargas-Betancourt. 320 pp. incl. 49 col. + 1 b. &
w. ills. (University of Florida Press, Gainesville,
2023), $80. ISBN 978–1–68340–352–4. |
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Illustrations
Western art unattributed:
5. Mass of St Gregory. Mexico City, 1539.
Feather, gold and pigment on wood, 56 by 68
cm. (Musée des Amériques, Auch).
Book Review
Painted Cloth: Fashion and Ritual in Colonial Latin America
Painted Cloth: Fashion and
Ritual in Colonial Latin America
Edited by Rosario I. Granados. 408 pp.
incl. 186 col. ills. (Blanton Museum of Art,
Austin, and Tower Books, Austin, 2022),
£35.00. ISBN 978–1–4773–2397–7. |
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Illustrations
Western art unattributed:
7. Virgen de los
sastres (Virgin
with tailors).
Cuzco, c.1750. Oil
and gold on canvas,
146 by 102.5 cm.
(Museo Pedro
de Osma, Lima).
Western art unattributed:
8. Casta painting,
depicting mixedrace
family, circle
of Cristóbal
Lozano. c.1770.
Oil on canvas,
100 by 125 cm.
(Museo Nacional
de Antropología,
Madrid).
Western art unattributed:
9. Altar frontal.
Cusco, c.1780–
1800. Oil on
canvas, 96.5 by
198 cm. (Museo
de Arte de Lima).
Exhibition Review
Spain and the Hispanic World:
Treasures from the Hispanic
Society Museum and Library
Spain and the Hispanic World:
Treasures from the Hispanic
Society Museum and Library
Royal Academy of Arts, London
21st January–10th April |
:
Illustrations
Attributed works:
10. Girls of
Burriana
(Falleras), by
Hermenegildo
Anglada
Camarasa. 1910–
11. Oil on canvas,
166 by 208 cm.
(Hispanic Society
of America, New
York; exh. Royal
Academy of Arts,
London).
Attributed works:
8. Alhambra silk.
Nasrid, Granada,
c.1400. 237.5 by
152.3 cm. (Hispanic
Society of America,
New York; exh.
Royal Academy of
Arts, London).
Attributed works:
9. The Duchess
of Alba, by
Francisco de
Goya. 1797. Oil
on canvas, 210.3
by 149.3 cm.
(Hispanic Society
of America, New
York; exh. Royal
Academy of
Arts, London).
Book Review
Rubens in Repeat: The Logic of the Copy in Colonial Latin America
Rubens in Repeat: The Logic of the
Copy in Colonial Latin America
By Aaron M. Hyman. 320 pp. incl. 150 col.
+ 12 b. & w. ills. (Getty Research Institute, Los
Angeles, 2021), £55. ISBN 978–1–60606–686–7. |
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Editorial
Searching for utopia: from dinosaurs to the metaverse
The Avant-garde Networks of
‘Amauta’: Argentina, Mexico, and
Peru in the 1920s
Blanton Museum of Art, University
of Texas at Austin
16th February–17th May |
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Illustrations
Attributed works:
22. Mayor of
Chinchero, by
José Sabogal.
1925. Oil on
canvas, 169
by 109 cm.
(Pinacoteca
Municipal Ignacio
Merino, Lima;
exh. Blanton
Museum of Art,
University of
Texas at Austin).
Attributed works:
24. Installation
photograph
of The Avantgarde
Networks
of Amauta:
Argentina,
Mexico, and Peru
in the 1920s at the
Blanton Museum
of Art, University
of Texas at Austin,
2020.
Attributed works:
25. Mexican flag,
by Lola Velásquez
de Cueto. 1920s.
Silk tapestry
made with chain
stitch, 42 by
150 cm. (Private
collection, Lima;
Sucesi n Mireya
Cueto; photograph
of Lance Aaron;
exh. Blanton
Museum of Art,
University of
Texas at Austin).
Attributed works:
Opposite
23. Allegory to
the farmers, by
Carlos Quízpez
As n. 1928. Oil on
canvas, approx.
190 by 150 cm.
(Universidad
Nacional de
Ingenier a, Lima;
exh. Blanton
Museum of Art,
University of
Texas at Austin).
Book Review
Abstraction in Reverse: The Reconfigured Spectator in Mid-Twentieth Century Latin American Art. By Alexander Alberro
8. Vibrating light (Lumière en vibration), by Julio le Parc. Installation photograph of Labyrinthe I at the Musée d’art moderne de la ville de Paris for the 1963 Paris Biennale. (Courtesy Le Parc Studio, Paris).
Exhibition Review
Radical women: Latin American art 1960–85. Los Angeles and New York
Radical Women: Latin American Art, 1960–1985, at the Hammer Museum, Los Angeles (then at the Brooklyn Museum, New York). |
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Illustrations
Attributed works:
96. Detail of Autorretrato, estructura, informe, 9.6.1972 (Self-portrait, structure, report, 9.6.1972), by Teresa Burga.1972. (M HKA/ Collection Flemish Community; exh. Hammer Museum, Los Angeles).
Attributed works:
97. Still from Me gritaron negra (They shouted black at me), by Victoria Santa Cruz. 1978 (OTA-Odin Teatret Archives; exh. Hammer Museum, Los Angeles).
Attributed works:
98. Photograph from the Tableaux vivant series, by Yolanda López. 1978 (Courtesy Yolanda M. López; exh. Hammer Museum, Los Angeles).