La lengua y los lenguajes

Number 13 of the series gets together 2 thesis submitted for the degree of the Masters in History and Theory of Art and Architecture, focused on the relationship between the political discourse and how Columbian art was critically interpreted in different epochs. Lleras examines the state involvement in art through the works of Carlos Correa and Pedro Nel Gómez amongst others while Jaramillo documents the plastic language used by Marco Ospina, Enrique Grau, and Alejandro Obregón amongst others who incorporated European avant-garde elements to become pioneer artists of modernism in Colombia.

El arte contemporáneo global y su uso creativo de la tradición, del pasado y del patrimonio, suponen un combate al legado eurocentrista establecido por el arte moderno. El arte contemporáneo global rompe el mito del modernismo europeo, al reactivar varias formas de herencia, desde la pintura de tinta de literatos en China hasta la pintura aborigen en Australia, para proponer futuros nuevos y diferentes. Joselit analiza no solo c ómo el patrimonio se vuelve contemporáneo, a través de la práctica de artistas individuales, sino también cómo una infraestructura cultural de museos,...

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...

Winner of the 2010 Isabel de Polanco Award. At the end of the 15th century, Castilian Spanish disembarked in America to begin the long journey that would transform it into Spanish. From those days to our time, the language has been in a constant state of transformation, transforming its speakers in the process. This work is much more than a lesson in history; it is fundamental reading for all those interested in a vital area of our everyday lives: the language that unites us.