Title: Latin American & Caribbean art
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.
Subjects: Expositions, Art antillais, Art, Exhibitions, Beeldende kunsten, Catalogues, Latin American Art, Caribbean Art, The Museum of Modern Art, 20e siecle, Art latino-americain, Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.), Museum of modern art (N.Y.), Kunst, History Of Art / Art & Design Styles, New York (State), Art, Latin American, Art & Art Instruction, New York, Caribbean islands, Latin America, Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions - General, History - General, Art / Caribbean & Latin American, 20th century, Art, Caribbean, Art, american
Places: Karibik, Lateinamerika, New York (State), New York
People: Wifredo Lam (1902-1982), Lygia Pape (1929-2004), Gego (1912-1994), Eugenio Dittborn (1943-), Antonio Dias (1944-), Jorge de la Vega (1930-1971), Willys de Castro (1926-1988), Gabriel Orozco (1962-), Antonio Berni (1905-1981), Jose Leonilson (1957-1993), Iran do Espirito Santo (1963-), Almir Mavignier (1925-), Jose Clemente Orozco (1883-1949), Vik Muniz (1961-), Cildo Meireles (1948-), Roberto Sebastian Matta Echaurren (1912-2002), Helio Oiticica (1937-1980), Leon Ferrari (1920-), Jesus Rafael Soto (1923-2005), Diego Rivera (1886-1957)
Time periods: 20th century, 20e siecle