Animación: entre relatos y técnicas

Born in 1912, in a small town in Wyoming, Jackson Pollock embodied the American dream as the country found itself confronted with the realities of a modern era replacing the fading nineteenth century. Pollock left home in search of fame and fortune in New York City. Thanks to the Federal Art Project he quickly won acclaim, and after the Second World War became the biggest art celebrity in America. For De Kooning, Pollock was the “icebreaker”. For Max Ernst and Masson, Pollock was a fellow member of the European Surrealist movement. And for Motherwell, Pollock was a legitimate candidate...

En esta obra, Concepción Company aplica el concepto de revolución de Thomas Kuhn, expuesto en su obra La estructura de las revoluciones científicas, a la historia de la lingüística. Para ello, hace un recuento de los diferentes paradigmas que han guiado su quehacer, empezando con los pioneros de esta ciencia relativamente joven, quienes descubrieron y estudiaron el parentesco genético de algunas lenguas indoeuropeas, para luego analizar las contribuciones de los neogramáticos, el estructuralismo, la gramática generativa y el funcionalismo. La autora sintetiza y describe cada una de...

"El señor Coc sabe saltar como una rana, aletear como un pájaro-- ¡Pero lo que mejor se le da es morder como un cocodrilo! Un divertido libro animado con solapas."-- Back cover.

Anthological edition with 10 texts produced from the 1970's to present by noted artist, academic, and critic Luis Camnitzer. The critical essays are centered in art although examined from different perspectives. The author reflects, criticizes and deconstructs the way we understand the artistic system, its power nets and the incidence of the commercial market. "Camnitzer shares with us the condition of looking to a dominant cultural knot, that is, it is inserted in our own same measure in what is known as the 'Colonial relationship'"--P.6.