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A Conversation with Pablo Siquier

Conversando con Pablo Siquier

Rose Mary Salum

Pablo Siquier Pablo Siquier had a solo exhibition at Sicardi Gallery, where I had the opportunity to talk to him. Siquier is one of Argentina’s most renowned artists. In his last…

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Ode to Tributaries: Mario Reis’s River Paintings

Fernando Castro

Mario Reis The time will come / when I will have to / flow into the oceans, / when I will have to mix my / clear waters with…

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Rubén Ortiz: Lowriders

Fabián Cerejido

Rubén Ortiz Rubén Ortiz Torres ha venido trabajando con los Lowriders por más de una década. En la elaboración de performances, objetos, fotografías y material fílmico generados para este cuerpo…

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Tangentes de la Modernidad: Arte latinoamericano de la colección Brillembourg Capriles.

María E. Pérez

Una vez más el Museum of Fine Arts (MFAH) nos trae una exposición excepcional de arte latinoamericano contemporáneo. Por mucho tiempo ignorado, considerado como derivativo de los movimientos artísticos europeos…

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Self-Constructing

Autoconstrucción

Rose Mary Salum

Cruzvillegas Abraham Cruzvillegas (b. 1968) is one of the most important conceptual artists of his generation. Over the past 10 years, the artist has developed a riveting body of work…

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War Photography

Fernando Castro

War Photography In memory of my friend Jay Colton, friend to many of the photographers in this exhibit. Arguably modern warfare began with the introduction into the battlefieldof automatic weapons…

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Abstraction, Form, And Energy In The Sculpture Of Mac Whitney

John Zotos

Mac Whitney In a career that extends over four decades after completing an MFA degree at the University of Kansas, it could easily be said that Mac Whitney is as…

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An Interview With Alison de Lima Green, Curator, and Enrique Mallén, Founder of the Picasso Project

Debra D. Andrist

Picasso´s Exhibition Interview While Literal is ordinarily dedicated to Voces Latinoamericanas, extraordinary converging circumstances inspired this interview highlighting a voice from the Madre Patria, the mother country–Pablo Picasso of…

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Regarding the Pain of Mexico

John Pluecker

A puff of smoke rising from the desert floor. Two boys kneeling, arms raised to display wooden blocks in their hands. A body lying prostrate before tall trees and verdant…

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An Interview With Alison de Lima Green, Curator, and Enrique Mallén, Founder of the Picasso Project

Debra D. Andrist

Picasso Black and White_Media Images (You can download the entire article here) While Literal is ordinarily dedicated to Voces Latinoamericanas, extraordinary converging circumstances inspired this interview highlighting a voice from…

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Masterpieces from El Prado Museum

Teresa Bordona

Spanish Painting In Front Of A Mirror The Museo Nacional del Prado in Madrid opened to the public in 1819 during the reign of Carlos III with an exceptional collection…

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Una marioneta problema Sobre Pinocho, de Francisco Toledo

Tanya Huntington

I Los niños abandonados se pierden en la selva negra, mientras unos desconocidos monstruosos los acechan con intenciones asesinas. Ese tipo de argumento, que hallamos en cuentos tan diversos como…