In this classic survey, now updated and with full-colour images throughout, Edward Lucie-Smith introduces the art of Latin America from 1900 to the present day.
Latin American Art Now.
Moving Towards the Present 13.
Realism, Pop Art and Surrealism 12.
Expressionist Tendencies 11.
Informal Abstraction 10.
Geometric Abstraction 9.
A Climate of Change 8.
Mexico: Four Women and One Man 7.
The Exiles 6.
Muralism Beyond Mexico 5.
Mexican Muralism 4.
The First Modern Movements 3.
Forerunners and Independents 2.
A constant theme is the embrace of the experimental and the new by artists across Latin America.
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A new chapter extends the discussion into the twenty-first century, summarizing key trends and most notable figures of the last two decades.
The artists featured here have sought for indigenous roots and a local tradition; explored abstraction, expressionism and new media (video, installation, performance); entered dialogue with European and North American movements, while insisting on reaching a wide popular audience for their work; and created an energetic, innovative and very varied art scene across the continent today.
Those who spent their lives in exile, and artists from Europe and the US who lived in South America, such as Leonora Carrington, are all included in this broad, comprehensive view.
He discusses in detail major figures such as Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo, as well as dozens of less well-known artists.
In this classic survey, now updated and with full-colour images throughout, Edward Lucie-Smith introduces the art of Latin America from 1900 to the present day
