MoMA at El Museo: Latin American and Caribbean Art from the Collection of The Museum of Modern Art is, as the title suggests, an exhibition highlighting artworks selected from this major collection. But it is so much more: A collaborative effort between the two New York museums, this exhibition and accompanying catalogue present over 100 paintings, drawings, sculptures, prints, and illustrated books produced by artists from Latin America and the Caribbean, selected from MoMA. Notably, it is this very collection that has created the paradigm of "Latin American Art" and has helped shape the ever-burgeoning art historical and cultural studies in this area, both in the United States and abroad. The curators' introductory texts provide analyses of the collection within the broader context of modern art in Latin America; a history of the development of the collection focusing on major acquisitions, groundbreaking exhibitions, and influential curators and staff involved in the formation and study of the collection; and discuss the curatorial premises for MoMA at El Museo. Short essays follow on key works added in each phase of the collection's growth, examples of which include work by Diego Rivera, Jos Clemente Orozco, Antonio Berni, and David Alfaro Siqueiros in the 1930s; Joaquin Torres-Garcia, Matta, Roberto Berdecio, and Wifredo Lam in the 1940s; Rafael Montanez Ortiz, Jesus Raphael Soto, Marisol, and Fernando Botero in the 1960s; and Jean-Michel Basquiat, Los Carpinteros, and Vik Muniz today.
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"MoMA at El Museo" Unearths Buried Latin American Art Treasures,
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This review is from: Latin American & Caribbean Art: MoMA At El Museo (Paperback)
This is an excellent catalog from the corresponding exhibition at this wonderful and quirky NYC institution. When MoMA renovated its building in Manhattan, it moved to a temporary space in Queens and sent much of its art traveling. Wonderful works of Latin American art were pulled out of storage for the first time in years. The brilliant curatorial minds of Luis Perez-Oramas, Miriam Basilio, and Gary Garrels from MoMA; and Fatima Brecht and Debbie Cullen from El Museo united to put together a great exhibition and an excellent informative catalog which reproduces some key works by top Latin American Modern and contemporary artists.
Basilio's essay on the history of MoMA's collecting and exhibiting this body of work is of great use to scholars in museum studies and/or Latin American art. The descriptions of MoMA director Alfred H. Barr, Jr. and Lincoln Kirstein's travels in the 1940s are fascinating. Kirstein was reporting back to the US State Department on whether or not the artists he encountered might sympathize with the Nazis. This is truly a great read which is simultaneously enthralling and rich with information. *** There are also full-color illustrations of nearly 100 wonderful works from the exhibition. The layout is beautifully organized, clear and easy to take in.
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Very nice catalogue, good overview of important Latin American artists
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