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Introduction

Historias

Latin American Works on Paper
August 9, 2013 - January 5, 2014

Latin America is a vast region, stretching from the Caribbean islands and Mexico to the tip of South America, its narratives spanning its pre-Conquest roots through contemporary challenges and struggles. For much of the region, the 20th century marked a time of constant disruptive change to political and social power. The word historias—with its dual meaning of both “histories” and “stories”—evokes the rich cultural histories of Latin America’s diverse populations and the role that storytelling and oral history plays in the transmission of the past.

Latin American art often engages with the search for identity—a search pointed both toward the future, and in forging specific national identities, and back to the past, in remaining faithful to native traditions and indigenous cultures. The artworks in this exhibition engage recorded events in Latin America’s history and the inner narratives they inspire. Some artists take on the history of their people while others forefront personal memory; all are searching for artistic and cultural identity within the wider world. Together, they reveal the art of 20th-century Latin America to be as complex and multifaceted as the historias that inspire it.

Special thanks to Veronika Totos, Ph.D. candidate in the department of History of Art and Architecture at Brown University, for her assistance with this exhibition.

Selected Objects

Leopoldo Méndez, designer

The Peoples Revenge, 1943

José Guadalupe Posada, designer

The Veterinary, ca. 1891-1910

Leopoldo Méndez, designer

Street Meeting, 1943

Leopoldo Méndez

Newsboys, 1943

Leopoldo Méndez, designer

Fool's Concert, 1943

José Guadalupe Posada, designer

Bullfighters, ca. 1890-1910

José Clemente Orozco, designer

Parade, 1935

Jesus Sanchez Uribe

En Tepetlixpa, 1976

Wanda Pimentel, designer

Untitled, 1975

Leopoldo Méndez, designer

An Accident, 1943

Roberto Aizenberg

Monumento, 1966

Antonio Seguí, designer

Untitled, 1965

Carlos Mérida

Kavec, Nihau y Alam, 1966

Fernando La Rosa

Lima, 1978

José Guadalupe Posada, designer

The Quack Doctor, ca. 1890-1910

Roberto Matta

Abstraction, ca. 1948

Fernando La Rosa

Lima, 1974

José Guadalupe Posada, designer

Illustration for a Song, ca. 1890-1910

José Guadalupe Posada, designer

Testing the Devil, ca. 1890-1910

José Guadalupe Posada, designer

Frightened by a Ghost, ca. 1890-1910

Leopoldo Méndez, designer

Landowner, 1943

Leopoldo Méndez, designer

The Symphonic Concert of Skeletons, 1943

Leopoldo Méndez, designer

Illustration for a Popular Song, 1943

Carlos Mérida

The Race, 1932

Javier Silva Meinel

Waca Wacas y Perro, Paucartambo, Cuzco, Peru, 1996

Jésus Rafael Soto, designer

Jai-Alai, 1969

Antonio Henrique Amaral, artist

Latin-American Pastime (Passatempo Latino-Americano), 1967

Jésus Rafael Soto, designer

Jai-Alai, 1969

José Guadalupe Posada, designer

To Die Dreaming, ca. 1890-1910

Guillermo Silva Santamaria, designer

Crucifixion (Crucificción), 1960

Gerardo Suter

Pages of Days (Tonalamatl), 1991

Sebastião Salgado

A Moment of Rest, Serra Pelada Mine, 1986

José Guadalupe Posada, designer

The Sweepers, ca. 1980-1910

José Guadalupe Posada, designer

Portrait, ca. 1890-1910

José Guadalupe Posada, designer

The Burial, ca. 1890-1910

Arthur Luiz Piza, designer

Exu, ca. 1970

Gego (Gertrud Goldschmidt)

Untitled, 1966

Guillermo Silva Santamaria, designer

Execution by Firing Squad (Fusilamiento), 1960

Luis González Palma

The Silence (El Silencio), 1998

Roberto Aizenberg

Seated Figure, 1966

José Guadalupe Posada, designer

Gambler, ca. 1890-1910

Diego Rivera

Self-portrait (Autorretrato), 1930

Liliana Porter, printmaker

For You, 2001

Liliana Porter

The Conversation, 2001

Liliana Porter

10:08 A.M., 2001

Liliana Porter, printmaker

The Offering, 2001

Milagros de la Torre

Untitled (Hanger) / Sin Titulo (Colgador), 1992

Milagros de la Torre

Untitled (Dress) / Sin Titulo (Vestido), 1992

Milagros de la Torre

Untitled (Stretched tights) / Sin Titulo (Medias alargadas), 1992

Milagros de la Torre

Untitled (Shoes) / Sin Titulo (Zapatos), 1992

Elizabeth Catlett

The Lesson, ca. 1948

Sebastião Salgado

Serra Pelada, 1986

Marcela Taboada

Solitude (Soledad), 1999

Wifredo Lam

Untitled, 1961

Abelardo Morell

Camera Obscura Image of Havana Looking Southeast in Room with Ladder, 2002

Enrique Chagoya

The Pastoral or Arcadian State, Illegal Alien's Guide to Greater America, 2006

More objects +

Exhibition Checklist

Historias : Latin American Works on Paper

August 9, 2013 - January 5, 2014
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