Cenizas del Boom

These works of fiction are a sample of perhaps the most original Latin American writing today. Mauricio Molinas exceptional use of language and agile prose captivate readers attention from the very first line and hold it throughout the constant shifts in the time periods and everyday situations that become extraordinary events when least expected. Every page takes the reader toward discovering the aptly-defined secret rules that apply to the vertigo of life

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Poco antes de su muerte, Claude Monet escribió: "Todavía lamento el haber sido la causa del nombre que se le dio a este grupo, ya que la mayoría de los artistas no eran impresionistas en absoluto". Comenzando con esta paradoja, la de un conjunto de artistas que se consideraban a sí mismos como un grupo coherente al mismo tiempo que declaraban que su objetivo final era reafirmar la individualidad artística, la autora, Nathalia Brodskaya, explora las contradicciones del arte de finales del siglo XIX. ¿Acaso no fue Manet quien evocó la fórmula definitiva: "pinto lo que veo y no lo que...

This in-depth look at Latin American art explores the complexity of the contemporary aesthetic and cultural milieu in this vast and diverse region of the world, focusing on a critical re-reading of the Baroque in Latin America and its curious function as an important cultural metaphor. The diversity of artists represented--hailing from South America, Mexico, the Caribbean, and the United States--serves to critique and recuperate this concept of the Baroque that has become increasingly clichéd and misunderstood. With art by Ruben Ortiz Torres, Miguel Calderon, Rochelle Costi, Arturo Duclos,...

El presente libro pretende reflexionar en torno a las manifestaciones artísticas que podemos considerar en los márgenes, entendiendo como tales aquellas menos convencionales y canónicas (como el street art, la performance, el videoarte, el cómic, el cartel, la publicidad, etc.) y, en particular, las que pueden englobarse bajo el paraguas del arte urbano y las manifestaciones audiovisuales, prestando además especial atención al campo de la crítica de arte, siempre vinculada con estos ámbitos.