Contemporary Latin American Artists

Exhibitions at the Organization of American States, 1941-1964

Edited by Annick Sanjurjo - Foreword by José Gómez-Sicre

Sanjuro's long-awaited companion volume to Contemporary Latin American Artists contains information on those internationally known artists who exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art of Latin America in the Organization of American States headquarters in Washington, D.C. from 1941-1964. Together, the two volumes of the set record approximately 750 exhibitions including more than 2,000 artists, and cover exhibitions at the OAS from 1941-1985.

Arranged in chronological order, the second volume includes works exhibited and curricula vitae where available. A list of works exhibited has been added when it was missing from the original catalogue, others have been corrected in accordance with the list used during the exhibition. To facilitate the use of this volume, an index of artists provides the names of exhibitors in alphabetical order, followed by dates of birth and death, media used, and dates of exhibition. Also included are an index of exhibitions by country, index by country, and appendix.

Scarecrow Press

Pages: 528 • Trim: 8¾ x 11¼

978-0-8108-3281-7 • Hardback • March 1997 • $195.00 • (£150.00)

Subjects: Art / Reference

Contemporary Latin American Artists

Exhibitions at the Organization of American States, 1941-1964

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Summary

Sanjuro's long-awaited companion volume to Contemporary Latin American Artists contains information on those internationally known artists who exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art of Latin America in the Organization of American States headquarters in Washington, D.C. from 1941-1964. Together, the two volumes of the set record approximately 750 exhibitions including more than 2,000 artists, and cover exhibitions at the OAS from 1941-1985.

Arranged in chronological order, the second volume includes works exhibited and curricula vitae where available. A list of works exhibited has been added when it was missing from the original catalogue, others have been corrected in accordance with the list used during the exhibition. To facilitate the use of this volume, an index of artists provides the names of exhibitors in alphabetical order, followed by dates of birth and death, media used, and dates of exhibition. Also included are an index of exhibitions by country, index by country, and appendix.

Details

Scarecrow Press

Pages: 528 • Trim: 8¾ x 11¼

978-0-8108-3281-7 • Hardback • March 1997 • $195.00 • (£150.00)

Subjects: Art / Reference

Author

Annick Sanjurjo served as archivist at the Museum of Modern Art of Latin America, OAS from 1978-1989, and has worked at the Museum of Modern Art's International Council, Latin American Archives.

Reviews

Very well organized and indexed...very beneficial to researchers...an important source within the contemporary art field.
— Library Journal

This volume...calls attention to the richness of artistic production of post-WW II Latin American art...academic libraries, all levels.
— Choice Reviews

...represents a major archival effort that scholars of specific artists, countries, museums, and other institutional practices will find extremely helpful...provides an opportunity to examine the history of Latin American exhibitions in Washington, D.C., the study of which would be useful to the understanding of inter-American cultural relations.
— Art Journal

Sanjurjo offers a history of modern art in Latin America, which will be extremely useful to both museums and art galleries, as well as to academics and practitioners in the field of contemporary visual arts.
— British Bulletin of Publications on Latin America, the Caribbean, Portugal and Spain

Collections serious about twentieth-century art, Latin America, or both need to take a serious look at both volumes of OAS exhibition history. Only institutional poverty will justify passing on either one.
— Rettig On Reference