Artes Visuales

A deeply researched guide to the periodical that helped shape the Latin American avant-garde of the 1970s

Published with Hunter College Art Galleries .

Compiling artworks that appeared in the influential magazine Artes Visuales-published by Mexico's Museo de Arte Moderno and directed by Carla Stellweg from 1973 to 1981-this volume spotlights a community of experimental artists from Latin America. Featuring work by Alvaro Barrios, Luis Camnitzer, Jorge Caraballo, Antonio Caro, Manuel Felguerez, Anna Bella Geiger, Victor Grippo, Cildo Meireles, , Alfredo Portillos, Vicente Rojo, Francisco Toledo, Regina Vater and others, this rigorously researched book testifies to the periodical's daring editorial aim: to establish a space in which Latin Americans could exercise unfettered self-determination. It also includes an interview with Carla Stellweg, essays on painting, page art, photography and performance, as well as a bibliography related to the activities and publications of Stellweg and the circle of artists and critics she gathered on the pages of Artes Visuales.