Listen, Here, Now!: Argentine Art of the s: Writings of
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Katzenstein, Ines, PUBLISHER: Museum of Modern Art, In recent ong>writingsong> and exhibitions on postwar art, ong>theong> avant-garde of s Argentina has emerged as one of ong>theong> most vital and original of that extraordinarily dynamic period. Although ong>theong>se artists were as radical as any in ong>theong> world, especially in ong>theong>ir thinking on conceptual art and ong>theong> dematerialization of ong>theong> art object, very few of ong>theong>m have enjoyed much international exposure. "Listen, Here, Now Argentine Art in ong>theong> s" is ong>theong> first book to explore ong>theong> intense, internationally significant developments in Argentine art of ong>theong> s through English translations of ong>theong> original documents of ong>theong> time. An anthology of invaluable primary source material on ong>theong> development of performance art, media art and political art in Argentina, it includes key essays by two of ong>theong> most brilliant Argentine art critics of ong>theong> period, Jorge Romero Brest and Oscar Masotta, and many texts by artists: manifestos, letters, lectures and project notes. Well-known Latin American scholars contribute chapter introductions placing ong>theong> ideas and arguments of ong>theong>se documents in context for foreign audiences. A comprehensive appendix of biographical and bibliographical data completes ong>theong> book.