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UltraBaroque: Aspects of Post-Latin American Art
UltraBaroque Aspects of PostLatin American Art Author:Elizabeth Armstrong, Victor Zamudio Taylor, Paulo Herkenhoff 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 use as an important cultural metaphor. The diversity of artists represented-hailing from South America, Mexico, ... more »the Caribbean, and the United States-serves to critique and recuperate this concept of the Baroque that has become increasingly clichd and misunderstood. With art by Rubn Ortiz Torres, Miguel Caldern, Rochelle Costi, Arturo Duclos, Carlos Garaica, Meyer Vaisman, Yishai Jusidman, Iigo Manglano-Ovalle, La Menna Barreto, and Franco Mondini Ruiz, among many others. An important book.« less