Jewish Latin American Artists

Perspectives from the Global South
Erscheinungsjahr 2025
ISBN: 978-90-04-73608-5
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 19, 220 Seiten, Format (B × H): 163 mm x 242 mm, Gewicht: 476 g

Reihe: Jewish Latin America

Jewish visual artists living and working in Latin America during the 20th and 21st centuries broaden an appreciation of the art of the Americas. The anthology addresses an often underacknowledged Jewish presence as part of the aesthetic of the global south providing the general public and scholars with in-depth insights. The artists’ dynamic prints, sculptures, paintings, and photographs explore aspects of modernist abstraction, and at times, indigenous materials, sardonic commentary on consumerism, and utopian ideals in their works of art. The anthology begins to fill a void of the contribution of Jewish Latin American artists born in Europe who immigrated to Latin America and others born there.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Weitere Mitwirkende

Felleman Fattal, Laura Rachel

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Kunst, allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Figures

Notes on Contributors

Introduction – Jewish Latin American Artists: Perspectives from the Global South Laura Fattal

1 The Camera as Compass: Kati Horna’s Photographic Exiles Michel Otayek

2 Ruminating on Rupture: Unraveling Metallic Threads in the Work of Gertrude Goldschmidt (GEGO) Laura Fattal

3 Krajcberg’s Canopy: Practises and Expressions Laura Fattal

4 Gyula Kosice’s The Hydrospatial City, Social Justice, and Repairing the World Rachel Mohl

5 Myra Landau and the Wisdom of the Senses Francine Birbragher-Rozencwaig

6 José Gurvich: “With Fire in My Hands …” Cecilia de Torres

7 Spectacle and Spirituality: the Cacophony of Objects, Nelson Leirner (1932–2020) Laura Fattal

8 Feliza Bursztyn: the Feminist Welder Francine Birbragher-Rozencwaig

9 Guillermo Kuitca: the Conscious and Subconscious Mind Lynn Zelevansky

Conclusion – Transcending Borders: the Jewish Artist Diaspora in Latin America Estrellita B. Brodsky

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Laura Fattal, professor emerita from William Paterson University, Wayne, New Jersey -recipient of Fulbright Hays study abroad grant- is a specialist in arts-integration (Ph. D. University of Texas). She researches and writes on Jewish Latin American artists for over twenty years.