Historia del arte universal de los siglos XIX y XX

Argentine painter Guillermo Kuitca, born in 1961 in Buenos Aires, is widely considered one of the most important contemporary artists in South America. Architecture, theater, music and cartography play a central role in his work, where maps and blueprints are condensed into a world of poetic and territorial fantasies, and reality and fiction overlap. Whether depicting an "Acoustic Mass" at the Old Vic or a constellation map of "Heaven," in each painting or drawing collected here, Kuitca measures the world anew, shedding light on complex spatial contexts and intertwined social processes. This...

El arte en el tiempo crítico de la globalización ha encontrado su refugio dorado en las bienales y las ferias de arte, que convierten la experiencia estética en una entrega absoluta a la espectacularización. Desde el reality-show a la violencia expandida mediáticamente se impone un imaginario cruel y, al mismo tiempo, banal que deriva en tendencias artísticas como la estética relacional, las letanías del conceptualismo “institucional” o la obsesión por el archivo. En un mundo delirante proliferan actitudes delirantes y da la impresión de que los freaks toman el mando de las...

"MAJOR edition that presents paintings, sculptures, photographs, prints and drawings from the holdings of various museums that belong to INBA and selected from the perspective of an art historian. This fine edition is beautifully illustrated with full page color images and represents a unique reference of the different manifestations and movements of Mexican art especially during the 20th century, the creative period in Mexican art production that represents the largest part of the collection. Also present are representative examples colonial-viceregal paintings, and contemporary...

A major monograph on the monumental sculptures of Peraza (b. México 1959). Fine edition with close to 600 photographs that illustrate the life and art of Peraza as recalled by his brother, the author.