Nexus New York bookcover

Nexus New York

Latin/American Artists in the Modern Metropolis

Deborah Cullen 

(Editor)

Katherine E Manthorne 

(Contribution by)

Antonio Saborit 

(Contribution by)

et al.

James Wechsler 

(Contribution by)

Cecilia de Torres 

(Contribution by)

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Description

An examination of the pioneering Caribbean and Latin American artists who resided in New York prior to WWII and shaped the American avant-garde

Between 1900 and 1942, New York City was the site of extraordinary creative exchange where artists could share ideas in a global context. The swiftly changing urban landscape before and between the World Wars inspired the erosion of artistic boundaries and fostered a new climate of modernist experimentation. Nexus New Yorkfocuses on key artists from the Caribbean and Latin America who entered into dynamic cultural and social dialogues with the American-based avant-garde and participated in the development of a new modern discourse. Featuring both celebrated and little-known figures of this period, including Carlos Enríquez, Alice Neel, Marius de Zayas, Francis Picabia, Joaquín Torres-Garcia,

José Clemente Orozco, Matta, and Robert Motherwell, contributing authors also discuss the specific environments in which they flourished, including the Art Students League, the Siqueiros Experimental Workshop, and the New School for Social Research. A fascinating look at 20th-century modernism, this book provides the first view of the important encounters between artists of the Americas.

Published in association with El Museo del Barrio, New York


Exhibition Schedule:

El Museo del Barrio, New York (10/17/09 - 2/28/10)

Product Details

PublisherYale University Press
Publish DateOctober 01, 2009
Pages288
LanguageEnglish
TypeBook iconPaperback / softback
EAN/UPC9780300158960
Dimensions10.0 X 8.1 X 1.0 inches | 2.8 pounds

Reviews

"[An]excellent scholarly catalog."--Wall St. Journal -- "Wall St. Journal" (2/3/2010 12:00:00 AM)

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