Our America : the Latino presence in American art
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Washington, DC : Smithsonian Amerian Art Museum/D Giles Ltd, 2014.
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Washington, DC : Smithsonian Amerian Art Museum/D Giles Ltd, 2014.
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Book
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365 pages : color illustrations, portraits ; 31 cm.
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English
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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""On the one hand, the affirmation that Latino art is American art is simply a fact. Latino artists are American by birth, citizenship, residence, education, experience, and even sacrifice-a factor made clear by the large number of Latino artists that have served in the United States armed forces. On the other hand, the statement poses a challenge to the ways in which we traditionally think about what constitutes American art."-E. Carmen RamosIs Latino art an integral part of modern American art? Presenting one hundred major artworks from the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Our America seeks to "recalibrate" enduring concepts about American national culture by exploring how one group of artists-those of Latin American descent and heritage-express their relationship to American art, history, and culture.Highlights include an installation altar by Amalia Mesa-Bains, the "recycled" films of Raphael Montañez Ortiz, and a 1960 geometric painting by Carmen Herrera. Other notable artists include Olga Albizu, Melesio "Mel" Casas, Maria Magdalena Campos-Pons, Margarita Cabrera, Enrique Chagoya, Teresita Fernández, Ken Gonzales-Day, Luis Jiménez, Ana Mendieta, Pepón Osorio, Sophie Rivera, Freddy Rodri;guez, and John Valadez, among many others.Author and curator E. Carmen Ramos is the Smithsonian American Art Museum's curator of latino art. She has organized numerous shows, including the fifth biennial at El Museo del Barrio in New York City in 2007.Dr. Tomás Ybarra-Frausto, the "grandfather" of this subject, and formerly associate director for creativity and culture at the Rockefeller Foundation in New York, has written and published extensively on US/latino cultural issues"--,Provided by publisher.
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Smithsonian American Art Museum., & Ramos, E. C. (2014). Our America: the Latino presence in American art . Smithsonian Amerian Art Museum/D Giles Ltd.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Smithsonian American Art Museum and E. Carmen. Ramos. 2014. Our America: The Latino Presence in American Art. Smithsonian Amerian Art Museum/D Giles Ltd.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Smithsonian American Art Museum and E. Carmen. Ramos. Our America: The Latino Presence in American Art Smithsonian Amerian Art Museum/D Giles Ltd, 2014.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Smithsonian American Art Museum,, and E. Carmen Ramos. Our America: The Latino Presence in American Art Smithsonian Amerian Art Museum/D Giles Ltd, 2014.
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