Conceptualism in Latin American Art: Didactics of Liberation

by Luis Camnitzer

Conceptualism played a different role in Latin American art during the 1960s and 1970s than in Europe and the United States, where conceptualist artists predominantly sought to challenge the primacy of the art object and art institutions, as well as the commercialization of art. Latin American artists turned to conceptualism as a vehicle for radically questioning the very nature of art itself, as well as art's role in responding to societal needs...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 029271629X
• ISBN13: 9780292716292
• Release Date: June 2007
• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Length: 364 Pages
• Weight: 3.03 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 8.2" x 10.0"