Jewish Latin American Artists : Perspectives from the Global South /

Jewish Latin American Artists : Perspectives from the Global South /

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 w...

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Other Authors: Fattal, Laura (Editor)

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2025.

Series: Jewish Latin America ; 19.
Social Sciences E-Books Online, Collection 2026.

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Art, Latin American > 20th century.
Jewish art > Latin America.
Jewish artists > Latin America > History.

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Call Number: N6502.5

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Table of Contents:
  • 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.