Un inmigrante tras los muros

"Pocket version synthesis of other books by the author on the same subject. In four chapters (precolumbian, colonial, republican, and 20th century), author gives a capsulated summary of what Ecuadorian art has been, from the past to the present, in a simple style intentionally suitable for high school students, hence its interest. Complemented with a short bibliography and a glossary of terms for those unfamiliar with the artistic and architectural field"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.

A thematic exploration of the work of the Colombian sculptor Luis Fernando Peláez, this book spans the artist’s career from his earliest graphic design and drawings to his unique installations and large-scale works for public areas. Full-color photographs illustrate the wide variety of languages and techniques employed by the sculptor and demonstrate the exceptional quality of his creations, which can be organized into groups joined together by the slightest thread of meaning but retain their individual significance and identity. This is an excellent introduction to a little-known but...

Pléyade de historias fantásticas donde la realidad se funde con la fantasía. 17 historias de personajes y monstruos de este y de otro mundo. RELATOS FANTÁSTICOS Y LA CASA EMBRUJADA, nos cuentan historias de otro mundo, mágicas, llenas de fantasía, contadas con crudeza y aderezadas de la realidad que a veces es más cruel que la fantasía.. RELATOS FANTÁSTICOS Y LA CASA EMBRUJADA nos cuenta historias fantásticas de este mundo, pero también nos cuenta historias del otro mundo, del mundo negado, donde discurren terribles las criaturas que solo podemos encontrar en nuestras pesadillas....

From the beginning of the sixties, Mary Kelly's works have dealth with the muddle of the language and its cultural and psychological impact. Her narrative installations question the traditional explanations of the daily life. The project The ballad of Kastriot Rexhepi comes up in 1999 after reading a piece of news published in a daily in Los Angeles, a report relating the story of Kastriot, an Albanian boy whose mother left for dead during the war in Kosovo, being rescued alive by the Serbians afterwards to meet his parents later on in good health. Based on these facts, Mary Kelly made this...