Avant-garde, internationalism, and politics : Argentine art in the sixties / Andrea Giunta ; translated by Peter Kahn.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Giunta, Andrea.

Series:

e-Duke books scholarly collection.

Latin America otherwise.

Latin America otherwise

Standardized Title:

Vanguardia, internacionalismo y política. English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Art, Argentine--20th century.

Art, Argentine.

Art--Political aspects--Argentina.

Art.

Avant-garde (Aesthetics)--Argentina--History--20th century.

Avant-garde (Aesthetics).

Argentina--History--1955-1983.

Argentina.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (445 p.)

Place of Publication:

Durham : Duke University Press, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

An exploration of the impact of the 1960s and the U.S. post-cold war moment on the reception of Latin American art and artists.

Contents:

Chapter 1. Modern Art on the Margins of Peronism

Postwar Chronicle / The North American Invasion / Abstract Artists

Between Communists and Liberals / The Platforms for the Displaced / The Official Policy Toward Art / The French Invasion / Controversies on Abstract Art / Between Peronism and Abstract Art: Coming to Terms / Ver y Estimar on the Ramparts of Modern Art

Chapter 2. Proclamations and Programs During the Revolucion Libertadora

The Embassies of Art / A Revitalized Museum / A New Museum for the New Art / Boa, Phases, and the International Front of the Avant-Garde / Conflicting Internationalisms / The Exploration of Materials

Chapter 3. The "New" Art Scene

Journal of a Collector / Coming Out in Society / The First International Exhibition / The 150th Anniversary Celebrations / A Plan for Success

Chapter 4. The Avant-Garde as Problem

The Material Limits / The Art of "Things" / An Aesthetic of Violence / Argentines in Paris / Avant-Garde and Narration / The Total Art Object

Chapter 5. The Decentering of the Modernist Paradigm

Suspending Judgment and Embracing Novelty / Other Genealogies for Modern Art / An All-Consuming Aesthetic

Chapter 6. Strategies of Internationalization

The American Family / International Awards for National Recognition / The Circulating MoMA Exhibitions / 1964: The Year of Recognition / Biennial and Anti-Biennial / The Culmination of Internationalism / The Aporias of Internationalism

Chapter 7. The Avant-Garde Between Art and Politics

The Artist as Intellectual / A "Plastic" Crime / The Politics of Assemblage / The Avant-Garde Between the Two Boundaries / Art as a Collective and Violent Action

Notes:

Translated from the Spanish.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [373]-395) and index.

ISBN:

9786613023162

9781283023160

1283023164

9780822389699

082238969X

OCLC:

657901689