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OUT OF STOCK Beyond the Surface This exhibition pamphlet presents the work of three Latin American artists living in NYC: Alicia Creus, Raquel Rabinovich and Francisca Sutil. Though they have individual styles, they share a concern with intuitive geometry, biomorphic abstraction and the spiritual and emotional realm of contemporary experience. PAINTING PB, 20 pp., illus. 1990 code: as beyond

OUT OF STOCK Bonevardi The Argentine artist Marcelo Bonevardi moved to New York in the 1960s, where he developed a highly individual vocabulary whose emphasis on physical properties and 3-dimensional forms (especially through his use of assemblage) was a radical departure from the painting of the previous decade. In English and Spanish. CONTEMPORARY ART PB, 36 pp., illus. 1980 code: as bon E-5

OUT OF STOCK Waltercio Caldas This catalogue of the Brazilian conceptual artist, Waltercio Caldas, accompanied the exhibition Abstract Attitudes. Includes images of his formal, Minimalist sculptures and installations. Essay by Paulo Ven‚Ä?ncio Filho. In English and Portuguese. CONTEMPORARY ART PB, 8 pp., b&w illus.(br) 1984 code: as cal E-6

OUT OF STOCK Emiliano Di Cavalcanti: Works on Paper This catalogue introduces the figurative drawings by the seminal Brazilian painter Emiliano Di Cavalcanti, who captured the flavor of Brazilian society in the first half of this century and whose work typifies early Brazilian modernism. PAINTING PB, 32 pp., illus. 1987 code: as cava E-5

OUT OF STOCK Gravadores Brasileiros Throughout Ibero-American history, the art of printmaking has been variously pursued in religous and secular illustration, in depiction of natural phenomena and srcheological ruins, in interpretations of the Latin American social scene, and in strong vernacular styles, sometimes of classic force, to illustrate popular song and verse, and to publicize current events– controversies,natural catastrophies, human passions, as well as doctrines of reform and revolution. After WWII, Brazilian artists responded to soical change by bringing the new possibilities of graphic media together with already developing personal styles and expressive possibilities. PRINTMAKING PB, 16 pp., b&w illus. 1969 code: as grav

OUT OF STOCK Intimate Recollections on the Rio De La Plata: Paintings by Pedro Figari The self-taught Uruguayan painter Pedro Figalli's colorful pictorial vocabulary is imbued with recollections from the rich soil of his native land. This retrospective catalogue contains beautiful color reproductions of his post-Impressionist paintings of landscapes and folkloric customs. PAINTING PB, 39 pp., illus. 1986 code: as int E-5

OUT OF STOCK Wifredo Lam: A Retrospective of Works on Paper Born in Cuba, Wilfredo Lam's his mother was African and Spanish, and his father was a Chinese merchant. Through the complex prism of his European experience and education, Wifredo Lam transformed his art into a critical practice of decolonization and paved the way for the emergence of a new hybrid form of modernism. PAINTING PB, 88 pp., illus. 1992, ISBN 1-879128-06-3 code: as lam

OUT OF STOCK MAYA TEXTILE ART—Collections of the Centro de Textiles del Mundo Maya Maya textiles are presented as unique and inimitable pieces of art that are distinguished by the aesthetic quality of their composition, authenticity, and structural perfection, reaching beyond their utilitarian function and the rich symbolic content each incorporates. TEXTILE ART 2006, 9 x 13 inches, 82 pp., all in color Softcover, ISBN 968-5234-57-4 code: as maya C-5

OUT OF STOCK Graciela Iturbide: Images of the Spirit Graciela Iturbide makes subtle but powerful photographs that blend evocative scenes—drawn primarily from the cultures of her native Mexico—with her own deeply personal vision. Images of the Spirit, the first major publication of Iturbide’s photography, demonstrates how her dreamlike encounters with what may first appear to be the ordinary, she reveals the surreal and the marvelous. Iturbide’s work is a mixture of history, lyricism, and portraiture, sometimes informed by the art of Mexico’s photographic master, Manuel Álvarez Bravo. In her photographs, Iturbide combines the story of a culture in transition with issues of identity, diversity, and selfhood. PHOTOGRAPHY 1996, 9 x 11 inches, 126 pp, fully illustrated in b&w Softcover, ISBN 0893818283, ISBN-13: 9780893816810 code: as spi C-5

 

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