Contemporary Mexican painting in a time of change
By: Shifra M. Goldman ; foreword by Raquel Tibol.
Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
Published: 1995
Place of publication: Albuquerque
Language: eng
Number of pages: 229
Subjects: Nueva Presencia (Group of artists); Painting, Mexican -- 20th century; Mural painting and decoration, Mexican -- 20th century; Figurative painting -- Mexico; Nationalism and art -- Mexico
Description: "Provocative book on the role of figurative artists (known as Nueva Presencia and Interioristas) in Mexico during 1960s. Their work demonstrated an interest in the human figure while they distanced themselves from the social realism of preceding generations. Good analysis of the era's sociopolitical scene and conflicting currents of nationalism and internationalism. Excellent bibliography and notes. Illustrated in b/w"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [209]-217) and index.
Originally published: Austin : University of Texas Press, c1981.
Revision of the author's thesis (Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles, 1977) originally published under title: Nueva Presencia, the human image in contemporary Mexican art.