Arqueologías de destrucción, 1958-2014 / curated by Jennifer Burris Staton ; [editors, Laura McGrane and Jennifer Burris Staton].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Burris Staton, Jennifer, 1982- curator, editor, writer of added commentary.

McGrane, Laura, editor.

Abaroa, Eduardo, 1968- artist.

Kemble, Kenneth, 1923-1998, artist.

Kurtycz, Marcos, artist.

Mendieta, Ana, 1948-1985, artist.

Minujin, Marta, 1943- artist.

Ortiz, Rafael Montanez, artist.

Haverford College. John B. Hurford '60 Humanities Center.

Cantor Fitzgerald Gallery.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Art, Modern--20th century--Exhibitions.

Art, Modern.

Genre:

Exhibition catalogs.

Physical Description:

143 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm

Place of Publication:

Haverford, PA : Cantor Fitzgerald Gallery, Haverford College, [2015].

Summary:

"Economic turmoil, technologies of violence, and militaristic regimes dominated Latin American politics and society during the 1950s and '60s. In this context, a constellation of artists sought to neutralize the potential horror of such change by displacing destruction into the symbolic realm of art, seeking ritualistic experiences of mediated transformation. "Destruction is, for the artist, the supreme order of freedom," wrote Argentine poet and art critic Aldo Pellegrini in his 1961 manifesto. This exhibition traces the archaeological remnants and histories of this movement as they continue to reverberate in our present"--Exhibition website.

Notes:

Printed in conjunction with the exhibition Arqueologías de destrucción, 1958-2014 which was curated by Jennifer Burris Staton and presented March 20 - May 1, 2015 by the John B. Hurford '60 Center for the Arts and Humanities at the Cantor Fitzgerald Gallery, Haverford College.

ISBN:

9780990611028

0990611027

OCLC:

990281067