Histories of Exhibiting Latin American Art

Session Submission Type: Panel

Abstract

This session explores how exhibitions have played a central role in presenting Latin American art to a wider public and how they have shaped its history. We thus understand exhibitions as privileged vehicles in which practice (artworks) and theory (curatorial discourse and criticism) come together. We are especially interested in examining how the conception of Latin American art exhibitions is interwoven into the social-historiographical structure and fabric of culture in which they were created. Thus, our goal is to examine how exhibitions have contributed to our understanding of the Latin American art canon today. This methodology diverges from the current direction of exhibition histories and biennial studies, which tends to emphasize exhibitions in isolation from history, and centers on crucial years, like 1968 and 1989, in the creation of a global contemporary art historiography. We are searching for papers that consider the history of exhibitions from the 1940s to the present and argue for the significance of this history to the history of art.

Sub Track

• Art, Architecture and Visual Culture

Chairs

• Camila S Maroja, Brown University

• MARIOLA V ALVAREZ

Individual Presentations

• Revisiting The Responsive Eye: Op and Kineticism in Latin American Art - Abigail Winograd, University of Texas/Austin

• The Curious Case of Hélio Oiticica - Anna K Brodbeck, Carnegie Museum of Art

• Galería Alcuadrado: A Partial Story in Three Exhibitions - Andres D Montenegro, Bridgewater State University