Listen, Here, Now!: Argentine Art of the s: Writings of
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Katzenstein, Ines, PUBLISHER: Museum ong>ofong> Modern Art, In recent ong>writingsong> ong>anong>d exhibitions on postwar art, ong>theong> avong>anong>t-garde ong>ofong> s Argentina has emerged as one ong>ofong> ong>theong> most vital ong>anong>d original ong>ofong> that extraordinarily dynamic period. Although ong>theong>se artists were as radical as ong>anong>y in ong>theong> world, especially in ong>theong>ir thinking on conceptual art ong>anong>d ong>theong> dematerialization ong>ofong> ong>theong> art object, very few ong>ofong> 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 significong>anong>t developments in Argentine art ong>ofong> ong>theong> s through English trong>anong>slations ong>ofong> ong>theong> original documents ong>ofong> ong>theong> time. ong>Anong> ong>anong>thology ong>ofong> invaluable primary source material on ong>theong> development ong>ofong> performong>anong>ce art, media art ong>anong>d political art in Argentina, it includes key ong>essayong>s by two ong>ofong> ong>theong> most brilliong>anong>t Argentine art critics ong>ofong> ong>theong> period, Jorge Romero Brest ong>anong>d Oscar Masotta, ong>anong>d mong>anong>y texts by artists: mong>anong>ifestos, letters, lectures ong>anong>d project notes. Well-known Latin Americong>anong> scholars contribute chapter introductions placing ong>theong> ideas ong>anong>d arguments ong>ofong> ong>theong>se documents in context for foreign audiences. A comprehensive appendix ong>ofong> biographical ong>anong>d bibliographical data completes ong>theong> book.