Book
Contingent beauty : contemporary art from Latin America / edited by Mari Carmen Ramírez ; with contributions by María C. Gaztambide ... [and 7 others].
Record details
- ISBN: 9780300214819
- ISBN: 0300214812
- Physical Description: 240 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 31 cm
- Publisher: Houston, Texas : Museum of Fine Arts, [2015]
- Distributor: New Haven, Connecticut : Distributed by Yale University Press.
- Copyright: ©2015
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Published to accompany the exhibition of the same title presented at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, November 22, 2015 - February 28, 2016. (for CGCC):This item was purchased with a Library Services and Technology Act grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services, administered by the State Library of Oregon/ Este libro fue comprado con una subvención del Instituto de Servicios de Museos y Bibliotecas a través de la Ley de Servicios de Biblioteca y Tecnológia (LSTA), administrada por la Biblioteca Estado de Oregón. Artists included: Tania Bruguera, Johanna Calle, Yoan Capote, María Fernanda Cardoso, Los Carpinteros (Marco Catillo and Dagoberto Rodriguez), José Gabriel Fernández, Magdalena Fernández, Víctor Grippo, Carmela Gross, Guillermo Kuitca, Grupo Mondonga (Juliana Laffitte and Manuel Mendanha), Óscar Muñoz, Roberto Obregón, Gabriel Orozco, José Alejandro Restrepo, Miguel Ángel Rios, Miguel Ángel Rojas, Teresa Serrano, Regina Silveira, Javier Téllez, Tunga |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | The contingencies of beauty : making sense of an eventual ensemble / Mari Carmen Ramírez -- Historical contingency : geometric abstraction in contemporary Venezuelan art / Tahía Rivero -- Mapping the traps of the visible : electronic images of Latin America / Gabriela Rangel -- Tania Bruguera : a collective act of public resistance / Daniela Wüstenberg -- Johanna Calle : weaving narrative through line and letter / Rachel Mohl -- Yoan Capote : grinding teeth for the revolution / Daniela Wüstenberg -- María Fernanda Cardoso : an unnatural dance / Michael Wellen -- Los Carpinteros : in this nervous work / Michael Wellen -- José Gabriel Fernández : poetics of form / Tahía Rivero -- Magdalena Fernández : the sound of a dot in the sky / Tahía Rivero -- Victor Grippo : to leaden the rose / María C. Gaztambide -- Carmela Gross : an uncanny presence / Beatriz R. Olivetti -- Guillermo Kuitca : painting as [dis]located battlefield / Mari Carmen Ramírez -- Grupo Mondongo : fluctuating image networks / Rachel Mohl -- Óscar Muñoz : an anti-archival logic / María C. Gaztambide -- Roberto Obregón : the world in the form of a flower / Tahía Rivero -- Gabriel Orozco : a wicked game / Michael Wellen -- José Alejandro Restrepo : the geography of a video installation / Michael Wellen -- Miguel Ángel Ríos : Mecha / Osvaldo Sánchez -- Miguel Ángel Rojas : reclaiming narratives / Beatriz R. Olivetti -- Teresa Serrano : a terrible mise-en-scène / María C. Gaztambide -- Regina Silveira : recodifying trace and space / Rachel Mohl -- Javier Téllez : larger than life / Gabriela Rangel -- Tunga : nested fantasies / Michael Wellen. |
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| Subject: | Art, Latin American > 20th century > Exhibitions. Art, Latin American > 21st century > Exhibitions. Artists > Latin America > Biography. |
| Genre: | Exhibition catalogs. Biographies. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Circulation Modifier | Status | Due Date | Courses |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Columbia Gorge Community College Library | ARTS & CULTURE RAMIR 2015 (Text) | 39705000065606 | Main Collection | Available | - |
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