Visualizing the Americas. Essays in Honor of Edward J. Sullivan

Hardback, 496 pages, Size:220 x 280 mm, Illustrations:30 b/w, 270 col., Language: English. ISBN 9782503615882. Summary Organized as a tribute to the distinguished art historian Edward J. Sullivan, this compelling volume brings together fresh perspectives on Latin American and Latinx art. Its seventeen essays illuminate often overlooked artists, mediums, geographies, and traditions with new research and insightful analysis. The volume is arranged into four thematic sections. "Hemispheric Modernisms" addresses how artists across the Americas have engaged with global art movements and transnational networks while responding to their local contexts and concerns. "Politics of Images" focuses on images embedded with overt or covert political meanings, as well as works that address the politics of identity. "Museums on Display" unravels the role of museums in current debates in the field. How works are selected and by whom, the contexts in which they are displayed, and the many implications of omissions from institutional spaces are some of the critical issues discussed. "Women at the Center" foregrounds the work of female artists. The essays in this section show how women's creativity has been subjected to myopic criticism, lay bare the endemic barriers that have accounted for the invisibility of artists, and map out a more inclusive future. Rounding out the volume is a revealing conversation with Sullivan about his role in shaping the field and his reflections on the future of Latin American art during times of change. Designed to be engaging for readers new to the field, longtime aficionados, and specialists, Visualizing the Americas opens up unexpected pathways through the expanding canon of this increasingly popular field. With contributions by?Miriam M. Basilio Gaztambide,?Denise Birkhofer,?Vanessa K. Davidson,?Esther Gabara,?Michele Greet,?Anna Indych-López, Rachel Kaplan, Ilona Katzew, Lynda Klich, Adele Nelson,?Sean Nesselrode Moncada, Luis Pérez-Oramas,?Ana María Reyes,?Julián Sánchez González,?Joseph Shaikewitz, Edward J. Sullivan, Susanna V. Temkin, and Madeline Murphy Turner. TABLE OF CONTENTS Preface and Acknowledgments Ilona Katzew Visualizing the Americas Edward J. Sullivan in conversation with Ilona Katzew and Joseph Shaikewitz? Hemispheric Modernisms Ghosts and Duende Among Dolls: Armando Reverón and the Floral Allegory of Painting Luis Pérez-Oramas The Past as Prerogative: Precolombinismo and Ancestralismo in Andean Art Michele Greet The Curious Matter of Venezuelan Informalism Sean Nesselrode Moncada Poetry, Indeterminacy, Agency, and "Purposeless Play": Edgardo Antonio Vigo's Proyectos a realizar Vanessa K. Davidson The Politics of Images Raw and Wrought: The Malleability of the Woodcut in Postrevolutionary Mexico Lynda Klich Fighting with Clenched Fists: Luis Arenal Bastar's Artistic and Activist Networks Rachel Kaplan Fernando Botero and La Reconquista in Colombia Ana María Reyes The Neo-Mexicanist Assemblages of Adolfo Patiño Denise Birkhofer Sidewalk, Stoop, Bodega: Juan Sánchez, Lucia Hierro, and Nueva York's Diasporic Spatial Politics Anna Indych-López Museums on Display Things That Shine, Things That Dazzle, Things That Travel: Musings on Colonial Art History Ilona Katzew The First Comprehensive Exhibition of Contemporary Puerto Rican Artists in New York Susanna V. Temkin Latin American Artists of the Twentieth Century (MoMA, 1993): Surveying an Emerging Canon Miriam M. Basilio Gaztambide Framing the Museum: Sandra Gamarra Heshiki Pictures Restitution Esther Gabara Women at the Center Unplaceable Intimacies: Nahui Olin's Mexico City Joseph Shaikewitz Fayga Ostrower's Print Work: The Labor of Motherhood, Abstraction, and Brazilian Cultural Diplomacy Adele Nelson A Thirteen-Dimensional Mexican Woman: Trece señoritas (1983) at the Teatro La Capilla Madeline Murphy Turner Memória de ouro, corpo cerâmico: The Enduring Art of Aurea Oliveira Santos Julián Sánchez González 0 g.…