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Santiago de Chile: Sala de Arte Fundación Telefónica 19 de octubre de 2006 a 4 de marzo de 2007; Galería Gabriela Mistral, 20 de octubre de 2006 a 30 de enero de 2007, 2007. b/w and color plates, ports., cat., maps., tbls., chrts., graphs., illus. endpapers, color pict. wrps., translucent d.j, title on spine: "Alfredo Jaar, Santiago de Chile, 2006" Major anthological exhibition in Chile after a 25 years absence of artist Jaar (b. Chile, lives and works in New York). Although internationally recognized and whose conceptual works have been exhibited in major art festivals, Jaar is mostly ignored in Chile. This shared 2 venue exhibition pretends to reconcile the artist with his country of origin. Jaar's experiments with different media and advanced technology and his controversial installations are analyzed by various art experts: "Un logo para América" (1987) by Rodrigo Zuñiga; "Sin título: Agua" (1990) and "Fuera de balance (Out of balance)" (1988) dedicated to Mexican immigrants in the USA by… Read More

Caracas: Sala Mendoza, 1998. color plates, bio./chron., pasteboard wrps. in Wire-O binding. Brazilian artist, born 1961. Seven pieces of assemblage and installation from her work in the 1990s, five of which were loaned from private collections.

Buenos Aires: Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes; Antonie Raymond Editor, 2009. color, duotone & b/w plates, ports, bio/chron, facs., bibls., cat., color pict. boards. Major exhibition and Catalogue raisonne 1967-2008 of noted artist (b . Buenos Aires, 1947) who was part of the CAYC Group in Argentina. ENGLISH, SPANISH, FRENCH AND PORTUGUESE TEXT. LIMITED EDITION OF 1500.

Buenos Aires: Centro Cultural Recoleta, 2003. color plates, color pict. fldg. wrps. Nuevo Realist, artist's public art installation in Buenos Aires. SPANISH AND FRENCH TEXT.

Santiago de Chile: MAC, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo; Galería Ana María Stagno,; A.M.S. Marlbourgh, 2008. frontis, bio., pict. endpapers, pict. wrps. Recent sculptures of Vial (b. Chile, 1979) in small and medium formats. His monumental sculpture are in several sculpture parks in Chile.

Salvador, Bahia: Museu de Arte Moderna da Bahia, 2002. color plates, bio/chron., color wrps. Fullbright artist Pedra's (b. 1938, Bahia, Brazil), role in the cultural and artistic movement of the sixties in Bahia was important, especially in OP Art and geometric abstract work. (1938, Bahia, Brazil) PORTUGUESE TEXTS with English biography.

Küsnatch, Switzerland: Ink Tree, 2000. b/w and color plates, catalogue, biography/chronology, bibliographical references (pages 160-161), pictorial endpapers, pictorial boards. Review of recent work of Bahamian born photographer. CONTENTS: Slumber: a fairytale / Nancy Spector on Slumber and Butterfly Kisses -- Parts and whole / Dan Cameron on Gnaw, Beatrice Thomas, and Swoon -- Antoni's difference / Ewa Lajer-Burcharth on Loving Care and Lick and Lather -- Child's play / Marina Warner on Ready or Not, Here I Come -- Inmost: Tender buttons, Unveiling, Grope, Ingrown, Mortar and Pestle -- Mother lode / Amy Cappellazzo on Momme, Wean, Eureka, Cradle and Coddle -- Conjunctions and disjunctions / Rosa Martinez on Mom and Dad and and-- Seam / United Society of Shakers.

Belo Horizonte: Editora C/Arte, 2003. facs., b/w and color plates, bibl., color pict. fldg. wrps. Constantly experimenting with new forms of design, painting and print art, Juarez (b. Brazil, 1936) uses diverse materials in geometric forms. Part of a monographic series on contemporary, living artists in Brazil.

São Paulo: Senac São Paulo; SESC (Serviço Social do Comércio) SP, 2011. color plates, facs., plans, maps, bibliographical references (pages 232-235). OCLC: 758847116. Architectural and landscape history of the famous garden in São Paulo. Includes information on structures, buildings, landscape, monuments, art, as well as the restoration. Organized in chronological order. A história do Jardim da Luz, de sua concepção a sua restauração, e um pouco da história de São Paulo em fotos, desenhos, pinturas, postais e outras imagens.

Santo Domingo: Editora Cole, 1999. b/w plates, map, fldg. pict. wrps.

México: Alcatel Telecom, 1996. color plates, port., bio./chron., pict. wrps. Carral (b. Mexico, 1930) was the first place winner in 1995 and 1996 of the Concurso Anual de Acuarela, Premio Alfredo Guati Rojo. Exhibit spans his work from 1968-1996.

New York: Throckmortan Fine Art, 2000. b/w plates, biography, bibliographical references, catalogue, pictorial wrappers. Series of photographs by Silva Meinel (b. 1949, Peru) who has emerged as one of the country's most significant artistic voices. LIMITED EDITION OF 1,500.

Rio de Janeiro: Fontana, Fund. Raymundo Ottoni de Castro Maya, 1974. b/w and color plates, bio., color pict. boards. LIMITED, NUMBERED EDITION OF 1,000. ENGLISH AND PORTUGUESE TEXT.

Recife: Museu de Arte Moderna Aloisio Magalhães, 1998. b/w and color plates, bio., chron., bibl., color pict. fldg. wrps. Works on paper by U.S. artist Jean Michel Basquiat (b. 1960). Predominately drawings, pen and ink. Interesting imprint from regional museum in Brazil.

Rio de Janeiro: Casa da Palavra, 2003. (New). color plates, cat., illus. endpapers, quarter cloth pict. boards, in plastic slipcase. An exhibition held in Brazil of the wide and diverse work of architect Nouvel (b. France 1945), allowing the public a complete study of an important part of his production: innovative projects for cultural and public spaces all over the world. Text by Alfredo Sirkis.

Aguascalientes: Universidad Autónoma de Aguascalientes; Instituto Cultural de Aguascalientes, 2016. b/w and color plates, portraits, facsimiles, family trees, maps, drawings, tables, bibliographical references (pages 244-248), hemerography, color pictorial boards. OCLC: 969095314. This book collects the most important and previously unpublished artistic and public/monumental sculptural works by Jesús F. Contreras (1866-1902), the most important sculptor from Aguascalientes. In chronological order, it recounts his growth from provincial boy, to aspiring artist, to world-renowned confidant of dictator Porfirio Diaz. CONTENTS: Parte I. Las raíces provincianas -- Gerardo Martínez Delgado, Vicente Agustín Esparza Jiménez, El sello artesanal. Familia y ciudad en los primeros años de Jesús F. Contreras Chávez -- Luciano Ramírez Hurtado, Alain Luévano Díaz, Otros aprendizajes del joven Jesús F. Contreras en Aguascalientes: El Esfuerzo y la Escuela de Niños Número 1 -- Parte II. Reformador y… Read More

Santiago de Chile: Galería Artespacio, 2005. b/w and color plates, cat., bio/chron., pict. wrps. OCLC: 69984764. Homage exhibition dedicated to master kinetic artist Soto. Contents include: Poética de la energia / Jesús Rafel Soto -- Soto una obra en el espacio / Bélgica Rodrìguez -- Soto / Gilles Plazy. Catálogo de la exposición homenaje al maestro Soto (Venezuela, 1923). Incluye un texto del mismo Soto, Belgica Rodríguez y Gilles Plazy.

Bogotá: Galería La Cometa, 2008. color & b/w plates, ports., cat., bio/chron., color pict. wrps. Retrospective on Jim Amaral, (b. USA, 1933, immigrated to Colombia in 1957) presenting his artwork since the early 1970's, including sculptres, drawings (mostly erotic) and a series of painted boxes. Esta exhibición presenta obra de varios años, incluso alguna de su obra de la década de los sesenta. Tambien incluye esculturas en bronce, dibujos, muchos de ellos eróticos y una serie reciente de cajas de madera pintadas.

Ceará, Brazil: Museu de Arte Contemporanea, Centro de Dragão do Mar de Arte y Cultura, 2007. b/w and color plates, color port. frontis., cat., bibl. (p. 212-215), illus. endpapers, color pict. d.j. Catalogue that accompanies the retrospective on architect and multimedia artist Júlio Quaresma (b. Angola, 1958, lives and works in Portugal), a multifaceted artist with a formation in architecture, who combines his professional activity with painting and theater scene design. Quaresma creative expressions has been describe by one of his critics as "has taken him from his anatomic theatre to the disturbing installations where sacred and profane are mixed, and the performances in which, he consumes a hypertelic art, an inscription on the skin that makes us some kind of tattoos, something excessive and baroque; a phantasmagoric adherence"-- p. 76. With texts by Consuelo Ciscar Casaban, General Director of IVAM; Jose Gaudes; Lyle Rexer; Agustin Remesal; Fernando Castro Florez and Raquel Gutierrez. ENGLISH,… Read More

New York: Galería Ramis Barquet, 2004. b/w port., color plates, bio/chron., color pict wrps. Expressionist artist Hernández Pijuan (b. Spain 1931) presents his recent production, paintings that are reflections of landscapes and natural elements, constructed in uniform flat surfaces of neutral colors, on which he draws geometrical forms. Awarded many times, his works can be found in in many international art museums and institutions.