Latinx Art - Artists, Markets, and Politics

Arlene Dávila draws on numerous interviews with artists, dealers, and curators to explore how and why the contemporary international art market continues to overlook, devalue, and marginalize Latinx art and artists.

List of contents

Acknowledgments & Reader Instructions  vii
Introduction. Making Latinx Art  1
1. What Is Latinx Art? Lessons from Chicanx and Diasporican Artists  23
2. Exhibiting Latinx Art: On Critics, Curators, and Going "Beyond the Formula"  48
3. Nationalism and the Currency of Categories  79
4. On Markets and the Need for Cheerleaders  104
5. Whitewashing at Work, and Some Ways Out  138
Conclusion: At the Vanguard of Arts and Museum Activism in the Twenty-First Century  168
Appendix A: Noncomprehensive List of Artists Everyone Should Know  177
Appendix B: Additional Resources  185
Notes  189
References  203
Index  223

About the author

Arlene Dávila

Summary

Arlene Dávila draws on numerous interviews with artists, dealers, and curators to explore how and why the contemporary international art market continues to overlook, devalue, and marginalize Latinx art and artists.

Product details

• Authors: Arlene Davila, Arlene Dávila
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.07.2020
• EAN: 9781478008569
• ISBN: 978-1-4780-0856-9
• No. of pages: 264
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > General, dictionaries; Amerika, Finanzielle Aspekte der Kunst, Geldanlage, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / Hispanic American Studies, Art & Art Instruction, ART / Business Aspects, ART / American / Hispanic American