Eran Verdes

This in-depth look at Latin American art explores the complexity of the contemporary aesthetic and cultural milieu in this vast and diverse region of the world, focusing on a critical re-reading of the Baroque in Latin America and its curious function as an important cultural metaphor. The diversity of artists represented--hailing from South America, Mexico, the Caribbean, and the United States--serves to critique and recuperate this concept of the Baroque that has become increasingly clichéd and misunderstood. With art by Ruben Ortiz Torres, Miguel Calderon, Rochelle Costi, Arturo Duclos,...

The Joan Miro Foundation presents "Her Memory," an exhibition by Kiki Smith organised in collaboration with the Museum Haus Esters in Krefeld and the Kunsthalle Nrnberg, containing recent work by this US artist. It could in fact be called an exhibition in progress, since it has been amplified in each venue anterior to the exhibition presented in the Foundation, which is the last location of this tour. Kiki Smith was born in Nrnberg in 1954 to an artistic family: her mother an opera singer and her father Minimalist artist Tony Smith. Her work is characterised by a constant reflection on human...

En las ltimas d cadas del siglo XX la ficci n hist rica es una de las tendencias m s frecuentadas de la literatura latinoamericana. Para evaluar la trayectoria de esta corriente, Peter Elmore estudia aqu cinco de las obras m s representativas: el siglo de las luces, de Carpentier; Yo el Supremo, de Roa Bastos; la guerra del fin del mundo, de Vargas Llosa; Noticias del Imperio, de Fernando del Paso y el general en su laberinto, de Garc a M rquez.

Índice 01_Alcahuete Editorial 02_Pipirijaina Leer o no leer Oscar Wilde 03_Tornavoz El Kindle: ¿una mejora del libro convencional? Nicholson Baker La transición digital: ¿ha muerto el eReader antes de nacer? Manuel Gil & Francisco Javier Jiménez El Book Search de Google: un desastre para especialistas e investigadores Geoffrey Nunberg Cosas que no debería decir sobre los editores y libreros (independientes) Esteban Hernández Las fronteras del libro electrónico. Reflexiones desde la edición académica Magda Polo La edición independiente como alternativa para fortalecer la diversidad...