Late Modernism in Latin America and Positions of the Art Criticism

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José Luis de la Nuez

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This study proposes to confront different positions of Latin American art criticism in the second half of the twentieth century regarding to the new vanguards that spread from Europe and the United States. The arrival of concrete art, the informalism, pop art and other artistic movements generated a critical position which in some cases questions the metropolitan interpretations while others seem to assume them. When contrasting the points of view of critics selected (Mário Pedrosa, Jorge Romero Brest y Marta Traba) we find similarities and disagreements among them which demonstrate the difference of opinions and diversity of expectations that exist at those moments in the realm of Latin American artistic culture. 

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José Luis de la Nuez

Universidad Carlos III, España nogal@hum.uc3m.es