内容简介
From19November2013to6April2014,theFondationCartierpourlartcontemporainwillbeshowingAmericaLatina1960-2013,organizedincollaborationwiththeAmparoMuseuminPuebla(Mexico).TheexhibitionoffersanewperspectiveonLatinAmericanphotographyfrom1960totoday,focusingontherelationshipbetweentextandthephotographicimage.Bringingtogethermorethanseventyartistsfromelevendifferentcountries,itshowsthegreatdiversityofphotographicpracticesbypresentingtheworkofdocumentaryphotographersaswellasthatofcontemporaryartistswhoappropriatethemediumindifferentways.Thiscatalogueoftheexhibitionoffersavastpanoramaoftheartisticproductionofthelastfiftyyears.Includingover400black-and-whiteandcolorreproductions,itexploresthewealthofphotographicworkwhilesheddinglightonthehistoricalandartisticcontextthatspawnedit.Inadditiontoscholarlytextsandartistbios,descriptionsofworksandadetailedtimelineprovideadeeperunderstandingofthevisuallanguagesspecifictothecontinent.ChroniclingthevitallegacyofLatinAmericanartists,thebookshowsthescopeoftheirinfluencebeyondtheirculturalandgeographicalterritory.