Latin American Art in the 21st Century

Between Theory and Practice:
Rethinking Latin American Art in the 21st Century

An international group of scholars, curators, museum directors, and artists discuss new approaches to the study and presentation of Latin American art in the 21st century. This symposium focuses on three key areas: the role of the museum in the collection, contextualization, and representation of Latin American art; the production of revisionist art histories through innovative research methodologies, new interpretative frameworks and archive-based scholarship; and experimental curatorial models ranging from historic to contemporary case studies for the interpretation and presentation of art from Latin American ...

Between Theory and Practice: Rethinking Latin American Art in the 21st Century is part one of a two-part symposium. Part two will take place at the Museum de Arte de Lima in Peru on ...    ...  3, and 4, 2011

Symposium

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Museum Lecture Hall, The ... Center

9:00 a.m.–6:30 p.m.

  Admission is free. Reservations required for each day. For more information or to register for the symposium contact symposium@molaa.org. Note, late arrivals cannot be guaranteed seating.

 When, if ever, does one draw a line under the horrors of history in the interest of truth and reconciliation?, Carlos Motta, (Colombia, b. 1978), 2009, screenprints (portfolio of 10), MOLAA Permanent Collection

Confirmed participants:

 Luis Camnitzer (State University of New York, College at Old Westbury, New York)

Cuauhtémoc Medina (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City)

Mari Carmen Ramírez (Museum of Fine Arts, Houston)

María Inés Rodríguez (Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Castilla y León)

Osvaldo Sánchez (Museo de Arte Moderno, Mexico City)

 

Accommodations

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 Guests will have to make their own transportation arrangements.

 

  from: The Getty Center