Latin American & Caribbean art
Subtitle: MoMA at El Museo
By: edited by Miriam Basilio ... [et al.].
Contributors: Basilio, Miriam.; Museo del Barrio.; Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.)
Publisher: El Museo del Barrio and The Museum of Modern Art; Distributed by D.A.P./Distributed Art Publishers, Inc.
Published: 2004
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 184
Subjects: Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.) -- Exhibitions; Art, Latin American -- 20th century -- Exhibitions; Art, Caribbean -- 20th century -- Exhibitions; Art -- New York (State) -- New York -- Exhibitions
Genres: Exhibitions.
Other titles: Latin American and Caribbean art; MoMA at El Museo; Museum of Modern Art at El Museo
Description: The catalogue of an exhibition highlighting artworks selected from New York's El Museo del Barrio presents over 100 paintings, drawings, sculptures, prints, and illustrated books produced by artists from Latin America and the Caribbean, selected from MoMA, with introductory texts from the curators providing analyses of the collection within the broader context of modern art in Latin America; a history of the development of the collection focusing on major acquisitions, groundbreaking exhibitions, and influential curators and staff involved in the formation and study of the collection; and a discussion of the curatorial premises for MoMA at El Museo. Short essays follow on key works added in each phase of the collection's growth.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 178-181).
Published on the occasion of the exhibition at El Museo del Barrio, New York, March 4-July 25, 2004.