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 [...]
Jan 20, 1999 by M. A. Bello
Gods, Spirits and Legends: Twentieth Century Art in El Salvador
El Museo del Barrio, 1230 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10029
14 November 1998 – 28 February 1999
The title of the current exhibition at El Museo del Barrio in New York — Gods, Spirits and Legends — reflects the tremendous diversity in traditions and visual imagery in [...]
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 [...]
Nov 18, 1998 by M. A. Bello
Image and Memory: Photography from Latin America, 1866-1994.
Edited by Wendy Watriss and Lois Parkinson Zamora.
Austin: University of Texas Press, 1998. 450 pages.
ISBN: 0-292-79118-6.
The publication of Image and Memory has been in the works since 1992 when FotoFest in Houston was mainly devoted to photography from Latin America. Like the exhibitions then, this bilingual [...]