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 is Professor of Anthropology and American Studies at New York University and the author of several books, including El Mall: The Spatial and Class Politics of Shopping Malls in Latin America, Culture Works: Space, Value, and Mobility across the Neoliberal Americas, and Latino Spin: Public Image and the Whitewashing of Race.

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: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.08.2020
• EAN: 9781478009450
• ISBN: 978-1-4780-0945-0
• No. of pages: 264
• Dimensions: 150 mm x 230 mm x 15 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Art history; Amerika, Finanzielle Aspekte der Kunst, Geldanlage, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / Hispanic American Studies, Art & Art Instruction, ART / Business Aspects, ART / American / Hispanic American