La caja de galletas

The first in a series, this collection of essays addresses the role of documentary film in negotiations of national identity throughout the Western Hemisphere. Twenty essays by scholars from Latin America, the USA, and Europe analyze narrations of nation in this genre, focusing on documentary film as a political medium, representations of the margins of the nation, postmodern documentary aesthetics, the function of documentaries in terms of cultural memory, and recent revisions of documentary film history. In a concluding section, four renowned filmmakers from Argentina, Ecuador, Mexico, and...

"Arreguín's palpitations of color and light and arrested movement awaken our sublimated vision. His paintings seem to force our entire being to experience its livingness as an insatiable yearning and questing of the eyes." - from the Foreword by Tess GallagherBorn in Mexico in 1935 and a resident of Washington State for nearly five decades, Alfredo Arreguín has long been recognized as a major force in pattern painting. His canvases are tapestries that mingle diverse and interpenetrating influences and images: the traditional crafts of his native Michoacán; the lush rainforests of his...

En este volumen, el crítico e investigador de la danza Ismael S. Albelo reúne un conjunto de sus trabajos publicados entre 2000 y 2010 en Cuba, así como algunas consideraciones históricas y teóricas en cuanto a la danza en general y entrevistas con personalidades de este arte. Para así dejar memoria escrita de he¬chos y figuras de la danza cubana e internacional, de aquellos a quienes el autor ha tenido el privilegio de conocer y de la entrega artística y estética que le han reportado. Del mismo modo, con la inclusión de temas históricos y teóricos, se aspira a motivar la...

"First time exhibition in Argentina of such a complete collection of contemporary Peruvian art. The exhibition curated by art critic Alfonso Castrillón gathered close to 50 artworks created during the second half of the 20th century and part of the holdings of the ICPNA and other private collections. Included the partipation of noted artists like: painters Fernando De Szyszlo, Miguel Negrí, Alberto Dávila, Manuel Lau Chan, Víctor Humareda, Carlos Polanco, and sculptors Oswaldo Sagstegui, as como el de los escultores Alina Canziani and Jorge Eielson amongst others. This event represents a...