Latin American Women Artists, Kahlo and Look Who Else - (Art Reference Collection) Annotated by Cecilia Puerto (Hardcover)

About the Book

This volume is a unique contribution to Latin American studies because it underscores the essential role that women have played in the arenas of modern and contemporary art. [This book] provides valuable and much-needed assistance to the researcher. (From the foreword by Elizabeth Ferrer) With more than 1,500 references on nearly 800 women Latin American Women Artists, Kahlo and Look Who Else pays tribute to the rich and multifaceted artistic accomplishments of women in and from 20th-century Latin America. Frida Kahlo has until recently dominated the interest of scholars, curators, and the public to the point of almost eclipsing the achievements of other artists from the region. This selectively annotated bibliography begins systematically to identify other women -- painters, sculptors, printmakers, photographers, performance artists, and others -- who have made significant contributions to the history of art in the region.

The first section, the main part of the work, consists of individual artists grouped in an alphabetical country arrangement. Artists in each country are listed A-Z, as are the citations about them. Annotations are descriptive and highlight, among other details, the presence of biographical and professional development information in the analyzed materials. A section of general works arranged by country follows, consisting principally of periodical and monographic literature that deals with numerous women, and a listing of the women mentioned in the cited materials. The volume has two appendices. The first is an analyzed list of 77 collective exhibitions in which works by these women have been presented. The second appendix groups the artists by country, allowing for an in-brief look at all of the artists identified in the bibliography. The name index references artists to the main section by country code and also includes entries for authors, curators, and exhibition catalogue essayists.

Book Synopsis

This volume is a unique contribution to Latin American studies because it underscores the essential role that women have played in the arenas of modern and contemporary art. [This book] provides valuable and much-needed assistance to the researcher. (From the foreword by Elizabeth Ferrer) With more than 1,500 references on nearly 800 women Latin American Women Artists, Kahlo and Look Who Else pays tribute to the rich and multifaceted artistic accomplishments of women in and from 20th-century Latin America. Frida Kahlo has until recently dominated the interest of scholars, curators, and the public to the point of almost eclipsing the achievements of other artists from the region. This selectively annotated bibliography begins systematically to identify other women -- painters, sculptors, printmakers, photographers, performance artists, and others -- who have made significant contributions to the history of art in the region.

The first section, the main part of the work, consists of individual artists grouped in an alphabetical country arrangement. Artists in each country are listed A-Z, as are the citations about them. Annotations are descriptive and highlight, among other details, the presence of biographical and professional development information in the analyzed materials. A section of general works arranged by country follows, consisting principally of periodical and monographic literature that deals with numerous women, and a listing of the women mentioned in the cited materials. The volume has two appendices. The first is an analyzed list of 77 collective exhibitions in which works by these women have been presented. The second appendix groups the artists by country, allowing for an in-brief look at all of the artists identified in the bibliography. The name index references artists to the main section by country code and also includes entries for authors, curators, and exhibition catalogue essayists.

Review Quotes

"This excellent bibliography is a significant contribution to the literature of art history, Latin American studies, and women's studies. Filling a large gap, it brings together much hard-to-find information in a well-organized and easy-to-use volume that is bound to be consulted again and again."-Lynette Korenic Head, Arts Library University of California, Santa Barbara

?From many various and hard-to-locate sources, Puerto has gathered information about 20th-century Latin American women artists--their works, exhibitions, and critical essays portraying their contributions. No other bibliography of this depth on the topic exists....Puerto has done a superb job of pulling this work together...This bibliography should accomplish its purpose to 'raise awareness about the rich and extraordinarily diverse contributions which 20th-century women artists in and from Latin America have made.' Highly recommended for all academic and larger public libraries.?-Choice

"From many various and hard-to-locate sources, Puerto has gathered information about 20th-century Latin American women artists--their works, exhibitions, and critical essays portraying their contributions. No other bibliography of this depth on the topic exists....Puerto has done a superb job of pulling this work together...This bibliography should accomplish its purpose to 'raise awareness about the rich and extraordinarily diverse contributions which 20th-century women artists in and from Latin America have made.' Highly recommended for all academic and larger public libraries."-Choice

About the Author

CECILIA PUERTO is Latin American/Mexican American Studies bibliographer at the San Diego State University Library.