Chicano and Chicana Art by
This anthology provides an overview of the history and theory of Chicano/a art from the 1960s to the present, emphasizing the debates and vocabularies that have played key roles in its conceptualization. In this book - which includes many of Chicano/a art's landmark and foundational texts and manifestos - artists, curators, and cultural critics trace the development of Chicano/a art from its early role in the Chicano civil rights movement to its mainstream acceptance in American art institutions.
Latinx Art: Artists, Markets, Politics by
Dávila draws on numerous interviews with artists, dealers, and curators to explore the problem of visualizing Latinx art and artists. Providing an inside and critical look at the global contemporary art market, Dávila's book is at once an introduction to contemporary Latinx art and a call to decolonize the art worlds and practices that erase and whitewash Latinx artists.
Radical Women: Latin American art, 1960-1985 by
Amidst the tumult and revolution that characterized the latter half of the 20th century in Latin America and the US, women artists were staking their claim in nearly every field. This wide ranging volume examines the work of more than 100 female artists with nearly 300 works in the fields of painting, sculpture, photography, video, performance art, and other experimental media.
Latinx Photography in the United States : a Visual History by
Elizabeth Ferrer introduces readers to Latinx portraitists, photojournalists, and documentarians and their legacies. She traces the rise of a Latinx consciousness in photography in the 1960s and '70s and the growth of identity-based approaches in the 1980s and '90s. Ferrer argues that in many cases a shared sense of struggle has motivated photographers to work purposefully, driven by a deep sense of resistance, social and political commitments, and cultural affirmation, and she highlights the significance of family photos to their approaches and outlooks.
Latina Lesbian Writers and Artists by
This book presents and analyzes literature, art, and poetry by women who, despite markedly different backgrounds and experiences, are all strongly influenced by the concept of lesbian identity. Latina Lesbian Writers and Artists begins with an essential A-to-Z overview of modern Latina lesbian authors and performers. From Cuban writer Magaly Alabau to literary critic Yvonne Yarbro-Bejarano, you'll learn who these women are, where they're from, and what they've chosen as the focus of their work.
Listen Here Now! Argentine Art of the 1960s : Writings of the Avant-Garde by
Listen, Here, Now! is the first book to explore the intense, internationally significant developments in Argentine art of the 1960s through English translations of the original documents of the time. An anthology of invaluable primary source material on the development of performance art, media art, and political art in Argentina, it includes key essays by two of the most brilliant Argentine art critics of the period, Jorge Romero Brest and Oscar Masotta.
Image and Memory: Photography from Latin America, 1866-1994 by
FotoFest 1992, a major festival of international photography in Houston, brought Latin American photography into focus for a wide public audience. Offering a diverse selection of photographers, countries, artistic movements, and subject matter, the shows revealed a photographic tradition rich in both history and creativity. Drawing from the more than 1,000 images exhibited by FotoFest, this book documents the work of fifty photographers from ten countries.
St. James Guide to Hispanic Artists: Profiles of Latino and Latin American artists
Arranged alphabetically from Eduardo Abela to Francisco Zuniga, this volume provides biographical and career information, as well as critical essays, on prominent Hispanic artists.
Poetics of the Handmade by
This publication accompanies the exhibition organized by Alma Ruiz and presented at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, 22 April-13 August 2007. Artists : Eduardo Abaroa, Magdalena Atria ; Mónica Bengoa ; Fernando Bryce ; Darío Escobar ; Máximo González ; Marco Maggi ; Livia Marin.
Adios Columbus: Hillwood Art Museum by
Hillwood Art Museum, Long Island University, March 11 - April 26, 1992 / Vistas Latinas ; curators, Regina Araujo Corritore, Miriam Hernández.
Escultura Social: a New Generation of Art from Mexico City by
Published in conjunction with of an exhibition held June 23-Sept. 2, 2007, at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, and Jan. 15-May 31, 2009, at the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University, Durham, N.C.
Puerto Rican Equation: Puerto Rican Artists Ponder 100 Years Since the 1898 Invasion by 
Amnesia by
Catalog of an exhibition held at Track 16 Gallery and Christopher Grimes Gallery, Santa Monica, Calif., July 1-Sept. 12, 1998; Contemporaty Arts Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, Jan. 23-Mar. 28, 1999; Biblioteca Luis Ángel Arango, Bogòtá, Colombia, Apr. 21-June 27, 1999; Contemporary Art Museum, University of South Florida, Tampa, TBA 2000
Espelho Cego : Seleções de uma Coleção Contemporânea = Blind Mirror : Selections from a Contemporary Collection by
Exhibition held Aug. 24-Oct. 14, 2001 at Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo.
Ultrabaroque: Aspects of Post-Latin American Art by
Published on the occasion of an exhibition held at the Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, La Jolla, Calif., and five other institutions between Sept. 24, 2000 and Jan. 5, 2003.