Critical Documents of 20th-Century Latin American and Latino Art Book Series

FAIN: RZ-51084-09

Glassell School of Art (Houston, TX 77005-1803)
Mari Carmen Ramirez (Project Director: November 2008 to May 2016)

Preparation for publication of the first four volumes of a 13-volume anthology titled Critical Documents of 20th-Century Latin American and Latino Art; and development of the accompanying online Documents Project critical archive.

The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston respectfully requests a three-year grant (July 1, 2009 - June 30, 2012) of $300,000 to publish three volumes of Critical Documents of 20th-Century Latin American and Latino Art, a planned 13-volume anthology series dedicated to providing access to and scholarly interpretation of essential resources related to 20th-century Latin American and Latino art and culture. Translation into English from primarily Spanish and Portuguese will permit many readers to access materials that are exceedingly difficult to access in repositories in Latin America and the United States. The Book Series is part of a ten- to fifteen-year project that brings together geographically dispersed scholars in a collaborative research effort and is dedicated to the recovery and publication of critical primary source documents, written or dictated by authoritative sources from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Peru, Venezuela, and the United States.

Media Coverage

MFA Houston's Online Latin Art Archive (Media Coverage)
Author(s): David Ebony
Publication: Art in America
Date: 1/30/2012

The New ICAA Archive at the MFAH (Media Coverage)
Author(s): Tyler Green
Publication: ARTINFO International Edition
Date: 1/20/2012

Museum launches archive of Latino art documents (Media Coverage)
Publication: Houston Chronicle
Date: 1/20/2012
URL: http://www.chron.com/news/article/Museum-launches-archive-of-Latino-art-documents-2643342.php

MFAH launches world's most comprehensive digital archive of Latin American and Latino art (Media Coverage)
Author(s): Tyler Rudick
Publication: Culture Map Houston
Date: 1/18/2012

Derivative Works No More (Media Coverage)
Author(s): Judith H. Dobrzynski
Publication: Wall Street Journal
Date: 1/18/2012

Associated Products

Critical Documents of 20th-Century Latin American and Latino Art, Volume 1, Resisting Categories: Latin American and/or Latino? (Book)
Title: Critical Documents of 20th-Century Latin American and Latino Art, Volume 1, Resisting Categories: Latin American and/or Latino?
Editor: Diane Lovejoy, Publications Director
Editor: Mari Carmen Ramírez, Series Editor and Organizer
Editor: Tomás Ybarra- Frausto, Organizer
Editor: María C. Gaztambide, Document Introductions and Series Coordinator
Editor: Héctor Olea, Series Editor and Organizer, and Volume 1 Editor
Editor: Melina Kervandjian, Volume 1 Editor
Abstract: This first volume of the Critical Documents of 20th-Century Latin American and Latino Art series published by the International Center for the Arts of the Americas at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, presents 168 crucial texts written by influential artists, critics, curators, journalists, and intellectuals whose writings shed light on questions relating to what it means to be "Latin American" and/or "Latino." Reinforced within a critical framework, the documents address converging issues, including: the construct of "Latin-ness" itself; the persistent longing for a continental identity; notions of Pan–Latin Americanism; the emergence of collections and exhibitions devoted specifically to "Latin American” or "Latino" art; and multicultural critiques of Latin American and Latino essentialism. The selected documents, many of which have never before been published in English, span from the late fifteenth century to the present day. They encompass key protagonists of this comprehensive history as well as unfamiliar figures, revealing previously unknown facets of the questions and issues at play. The book series complements the thousands of seminal documents now available through the ICAA Documents of 20th-Century Latin American and Latino Art digital archive, http://icaadocs.mfah.org. Together they establish a much-needed intellectual foundation for the exhibition, collection, and interpretation of art produced in Latin America and among Latino populations in the United States.
Year: 2012
Primary URL: http://www.worldcat.org/title/resisting-categories-latin-american-andor-latino/oclc/711045555&referer=brief_results
Primary URL Description: WorldCat listing
Secondary URL: http://yalepress.yale.edu/yupbooks/book.asp?isbn=9780300146974
Secondary URL Description: Publisher's listing
Publisher: Yale University Press
Type: Edited Volume
Type: Translation
Type: Scholarly Edition
ISBN: 9780300146974

Documents of 20th-century Latin American and Latino Art (Database/Archive/Digital Edition)
Title: Documents of 20th-century Latin American and Latino Art
Author: Museum of Fine Arts Houston
Abstract: The ICAA Documents of 20th-century Latin American and Latino Art digital archive provides access to primary sources and critical documents tracing the development of twentieth-century art in Latin America and among Latino populations in the United States. Recovered texts provide a much-needed intellectual foundation for the exhibition, collection, and interpretation of art produced along this cultural axis. Countries featured in the first phase of this multiyear project include Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Chile, Mexico, Peru, Puerto Rico, and Latino USA. The ICAA Digital Archive reflects the findings of this monumental digitization project and is now available, free of charge, to the research and teaching community as well as to the public at large. The uploading of documents to the archive is an ongoing process.
Year: 2012
Primary URL: http://icaadocs.mfah.org/icaadocs/
Primary URL Description: Archive website
Secondary URL: http://www.worldcat.org/title/documents-of-20th-century-latin-american-and-latino-art-a-digital-archive-and-publications-project-at-the-museum-of-fine-arts-houston/oclc/773747549&referer=brief_results
Secondary URL Description: WorldCat listing
Access Model: Open access

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