Avant-Garde, Internationalism, and Politics Argentine Art in the Sixties

Informationen zum Autor Andrea Giunta Klappentext An exploration of the impact of the 1960s and the U.S. post-cold war moment on the reception of Latin American art and artists. Zusammenfassung The 1960s were heady years in Argentina. The isolation of the Peron era was over! the economy was doing well! and the arts were newly invigorated. This book presents an examination of the 1960s as a brief historical moment when artists! institutions! and critics organized to promote an international identity for Argentina's visual arts. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Illustrations ix About the Series xi Preface and Acknowledgments xiii Translator’s Note xvii Abbreviations xix Introduction 1 1. Modern Art on the Margins of Peronism 25 2. Proclamations and Programs During the Revolucion Libertadora 55 3. The “New” Art Scene 91 4. The Avant-Garde as Problem 119 5. The Decentering of the Modernist Paradigm 163 6. Strategies of Internationalization 189 7. The Avant-Garde Between Art and Politics 243 Conclusions 281 Notes 291 Bibliography 373 Index 397

Product details

• Authors: Andrea/ Kahn Giunta, Andrea Giunta
• Assisted by: Dr. Peter Kahn (Translation), Peter Kahn (Translation)
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Content: Book
• Product form: Hardback
• Publication date: 16.07.2007
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Art > Art history
• EAN: 9780822338772
• ISBN: 978-0-8223-3877-2
• Pages: 432
• Dimensions (packing): 15.9 x 22.9 x 2.5 cm
• Series: Latin America Otherwise; Latin America Otherwise: Langu; Latin America Otherwise; Latin America Otherwise: Langu
• Subjects: Art & Art Instruction; ART / American / General; ART / History / 20th & 21st Century