Aug 17, 2002 by M. A. Bello
La obra de Antonia Matos.
Francisco Aguirre Matos and Desirée Berger de Aguirre. Guatemala: n.p., 2002.
ISBN: None.
Antonia Matos (1904-1994) is an almost forgotten artist in Guatemala. Her name is known among family members and a small circle of people in the arts who place her alongside Valenti, Mérida, and Garavito. She has only [...]
Jan 19, 2001 by M. A. Bello
NEOS Guide. Guatemala — Belize.
Greenville, SC: Michelin Travel Publications, 2000. 384 pages.
ISBN: 2-06-855801-7.
Michelin has recently published a new guide for Guatemala and Belize. Part of its NEOS Collection,the book differs from its green predecessor in more than just color and shape. Guatemala is no longer a mere 24-page afterthought in the [...]
May 17, 2000 by M. A. Bello
Guatemala: Visiones de Miguel Angel Asturias.
Photographs by Ricardo Mata. Edited by Lucrecia Méndez de Penedo.
Barcelona: Bustamante Editores, 1999. 144 pages.
ISBN: 84-89775-08-7.
The 100th anniversary of the birth of Miguel Angel Asturias (1899-1974) is marked by a recent publication in Spain of the first book in a series called Imagen y Palabra. The editorial [...]
Feb 23, 2000 by M. A. Bello
Un poco de todo sobre el tejido maya: Actividades para niños.
Fabiana Flores de Saénz and Dulce María Gónzalez de García
Guatemala: Museo Ixchel, 1999. 20 pages.
ISBN: none
Since the 1980s, the Museo Ixchel in Guatemala City has been in the publishing business with a number of monographs on Maya costumes and textiles. The list of titles [...]
Topics Book Reviews, Museo Ixchel, Siglo News onDec 15, 1999 by M. A. Bello
Casa Guatemalteca. Katia Niesiolowska, Editor.
Bogotá: Villegas Editores, 1999. 245 pages.
ISBN: 958-9393-69-1 (Spanish) and 958-9393-71-3 (English).
Cementos Progreso, S.A. marks its 100th anniversary with the publication of a beautiful new photography book, Casa Guatemalteca. The volume represents a four-year project by editor Katia Niesiolowska and photographer Ange Bourda, who are both long-time residents of [...]
Nov 3, 1999 by M. A. Bello
Americanos: Latino Life in the United States.
Edward James Olmos, Lea Ybarra and Manuel Monterrey, Editors.
Boston: Little, Brown & Company, 1999. 176 pages.
ISBN: 0-316-64909-0 (pbk.).
The Americanos project is an ambitious undertaking by actor, producer, and activist Edward James Olmos. Although its main component is a book, there is also a travel exhibition organized by [...]
Jun 23, 1999 by M. A. Bello
Luis González Palma: Poems of Sorrow. Essay by John Wood.
Santa Fe, N.M.: Arena Editions, 1999. 144 pages.
ISBN: 1-892041-05-1.
Luis González Palma is a marketing success story. His images are everywhere: in all the art fairs, galleries in major cities, museums and private collections — even on a movie poster. Reviews of his [...]
Apr 7, 1999 by M. A. Bello
Arte Naïf Guatemala. Pintura Maya Guatemalteca Contemporánea.
Lucrecia Cofiño, Editor.
Guatemala: UNESCO, 1998. 214 pages.
ISBN: none.
The recent publication in Guatemala of a book about naïve paintings by Maya artists is, in many respects, the story of an indigenous art movement and its evolution in the communities of San Juan Comalapa, San Pedro La Laguna, and [...]
Mar 10, 1999 by M. A. Bello
Maya.
Peter Schmidt, Mercedes de la Garza and Enrique Nalda, Editors.
New York: Rizzoli, 1998. 695 pages.
ISBN: 0-8478-2129-3.
Venice seems an unlikely venue for an exhibition on Maya culture and history, but on view until mid-May, there is just such a thematic blockbuster at the Palazzo Grassi. Labeled by its organizers as “the most comprehensive and [...]
Dec 30, 1998 by M. A. Bello
Guatemala and Its Orchids. Moisés Behar and Otto Tinschert.
Guatemala: Bancafé, 1998. 240 pages.
ISBN: 84-89766-39-8.
Bancafé/Grupo Financiero del País celebrates its 20th anniversary in a rather unique way with the special publication of Guatemala and Its Orchids by Moisés Behar and Otto Tinschert. This exclusive bilingual edition (2,000 numbered copies) is truly a work [...]