Arte después de la modernidad

Un cocodrilo de color verde inicia un juego de encadenados que se propone desde el texto y la ilustración. Cada página muestra un personaje u objeto bajo un esquema de presentación basado en un color predominante, que a su vez se convierte en estribillo del cuento. Animales originales (un cocodrilo, un piojo) y elementos variopintos (un castillo, un baúl, una piedra, un tejado) crean divertidas rimas con los nombres de los colores más reconocibles por los niños. Para los más atrevidos, el librito es un poema muy adecuado para cantar con los más pequeños; además de ser una manera...

This in-depth look at Latin American art explores the complexity of the contemporary aesthetic and cultural milieu in this vast and diverse region of the world, focusing on a critical re-reading of the Baroque in Latin America and its curious function as an important cultural metaphor. The diversity of artists represented--hailing from South America, Mexico, the Caribbean, and the United States--serves to critique and recuperate this concept of the Baroque that has become increasingly clichéd and misunderstood. With art by Ruben Ortiz Torres, Miguel Calderon, Rochelle Costi, Arturo Duclos,...

Jacinto, Rosa, and Pablo are members of a family, and the main characters of this story, where civic conscience and living in harmony with others are essential, promoting attitudes which foster humane respect for all.

A stunning presentation of works by contemporary Chinese artists, from the collection of the Swiss diplomat Uli Sigg, one of the worlds most influential collectors of Chinese contemporary art. This book reflects on the current state of art in China today through a selection of over 50 works by different artists produced between 1986 and 2006 a period of enormous economic and social change in the country with worldwide implications. This book shows Chinese avant-garde art against the backdrop of Chinas radical social and economic changes. Many of the works reveal the tension between current...