audiobook Joseacute; Guadalupe Posada in the eyes of Diego Rivera by Guadalupe Rivera Mariacute;n in Arts-Photography

Description

The 1960s were heady years in Argentina. Visual artists; curators; and critics sought to fuse art and politics; to broaden the definition of art to encompass happenings and assemblages; and; above all; to achieve international recognition for new; cutting-edge Argentine art. A bestseller in Argentina; Avant-Garde; Internationalism; and Politics is an examination of the 1960s as a brief historical moment when artists; institutions; and critics joined to promote an international identity for Argentinarsquo;s visual arts.The renowned Argentine art historian and critic Andrea Giunta analyzes projects specifically designed to internationalize Argentinarsquo;s art and avant-garde during the 1960s: the importation of exhibitions of contemporary international art; the sending of Argentine artists abroad to study; the organization of prize competitions involving prestigious international art critics; and the export of exhibitions of Argentine art to Europe and the United States. She looks at the conditions that made these projects possiblemdash;not least the Alliance for Progress; a U.S. program of ldquo;exchangerdquo; and ldquo;cooperationrdquo; meant to prevent the spread of communism through Latin America in the wake of the Cuban Revolutionmdash;as well as the strategies formulated to promote them. She describes the influence of Romero Brest; prominent art critic; supporter of abstract art; and director of the Centro de Artes Visuales del Instituto Tocuato Di Tella (an experimental art center in Buenos Aires); various group programs such as Nueva Figuracioacute;n and Arte Destructivo; and individual artists including Antonio Berni; Alberto Greco; Leoacute;n Ferrari; Marta Minujin; and Luis Felipe Noeacute;. Giuntarsquo;s rich narrative illuminates the contentious postwar relationships between art and politics; Latin America and the United States; and local identity and global recognition.