Latin American Artists: From 1785 to Now

by Phaidon Editors, Raphael Fonseca (Introduction)

The essential survey showcasing the work of more than 300 modern and contemporary artists born or based in Latin America Latin American artists have gained increasing international prominence as the art world awakens to the area’s extraordinary art scenes and histories. In an accessible A-Z format, this volume introduces key artworks by 308 artists who together demonstrate the variety and vitality of artwork being made. Focusing on those born, or who have lived, in the 20 Spanish and Portuguese-speaking regions of Latin America, and featuring historic and living artists – both those celebrated internationally and names less-known outside their native countries – this book has been created in close collaboration with an expert panel of 68 advisors and writers. Artists featured Allora and Calzadilla, Manuel Alvarez Bravo, Francis Alÿs, Olga de Amaral, Fernando Botero, Leonora Carrington, Lygia Clark, Carlos Cruz-Diez, Leonor Fini, Gego, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Carmen Herrera, Graciela Iturbide, Alfredo Jaar, Frida Kahlo, Guillermo Kuitca, Wifredo Lam, Teresa Margolles, Marisol, Cildo Meireles, Ana Mendieta, Beatriz Milhazes, Ernesto Neto, Hélio Oiticica, Gabriel Orozco, José Clemente Orozco, Diego Rivera, Zilia Sánchez, David Alfaro Siqueiros, Cecilia Vicuña, Adrián Villar Rojas and Faith Wilding. The advisory panel includes : Deri Andrade, David Ayala-Alfonso, Fernanda Brenner, Estrellita B. Brodsky, Tatiana Cuevas, Anna Di Stasi, Andrés Gustavo Duprat, Raphael Fonseca, Zanna Gilbert, Laura Hakel, Yina Jiménez Suriel, Maya Juracán, Pablo Léon de la Barra, Miguel A. López, Bernardo Mosqueira, Gerardo Mosquera, Rodrigo Moura, Laura Orozco, Taisa Palhares, Maylin Pérez, Catherine Petitgas, Patricia Phelps de Cisneros, Florencia Portocarrero, Ileana Ramírez Romero, Amy Rosenblum-Martín, Emiliano Valdés and Michael Wellen.

Genres: Art, Nonfiction

352 pages, Hardcover

Published October 4, 2023

Reviews

[Kate Meberg · Rating 4 out of 5]

The style of this book is more of the coffee table variety (one large picture of an artwork for each featured artist with a short bio and description of the piece below). That being said, the number of artists featured is vast, with a good representation of gender as well. I liked the format of the artists listed alphabetically, nice change of pace from chronological.

[Brian · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a beautiful book that had 300 different Latin American artists. Each entry has a description of the artist life along with some information about the work that is shown. Some of the pieces resonated more with me but overall, this is a beautiful book and very well done.

[SassieMolassie · Rating 4 out of 5]

There were some really good works in there and some that weren't to my taste. VERY interesting book.

[Robin Carroll · Rating 4 out of 5]

Beautiful, vividly colored, and physically heavy book suitable for a coffee table. A joy to read and to look at photos of the artwork. Arranged alphabetically by artist name.

[Leonard · Rating 5 out of 5]

I didn't read everything in this beautiful art book, but it's a very attractive resource of the work of Latin American Artists.