Interview/ Entrevista
Monica Sarmiento Castillo, Ph.D.
Artista - Directora
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www.bi-coa.org
Visions of Latin-Ibero-American Art, Expo-bicentennial
https://youtu.be/kPlpCbxUboc
Base Iberoamericana / Community of the Two Americas
bi/Coa celebrates the independence of Hispano-American countries gained 1812-1820, 200 years of identity of through art and culture
Nueva Colección de Arte Latinoamericano en el MoMA, a través del Libro Conmemorativo del 200 Aniversario de la Corte Suprema de España.
New Collection of Latin American art in the MoMA, Through the Book, Commemorating the 200th Anniversary of the Supreme Court of Spain.
MoMa Latinamerican Collection, 2017
In November 2017, the MoMA Museum’s library acquired the exclusive limited edition book Bicentanario De La Constitucion del Tribunal Supremo del Reino De Espana. This book memorializes the graphic works of Ibero-American art and associated events, which were commissioned by the Spanish government to celebrate 200 Years of the High Supreme Court of Spain. The book was published in 2012 by Thomson Reuters Aranzadi.This book’s addition into the MoMa library collection followed the extensive efforts of Mrs. Myriam de Arteni, Senior Conservator for Exhibitions at the New York Public Library, an expert in Latin American art, Mr. Vicente Alcaraz García, curator of the Spanish government’s pertinent graphic Ibero-American artwork collection and Monica Sarmiento Castillo Co / curator and coordinator of this project.The generosity of philanthropist Patricia Phelps de Cisneros, who focuses on Latin American modernist art, is gratefully acknowledged. In addition, the assistance of Sandy Sumano, the endowed Patricia Phelps de CisnerosBibliographer for Latin America at MoMA, and of Don Archer, Director of the MOCA Museum of Computer Art and donor of the book, are gratefully acknowledged. “The commemorative book of the 200th anniversary of the Supreme Court is not a memory, it is a jewel,” said the president of the Supreme Court of Spain.More generally, the relatively recent increase in the recognition and representation of Latin American art at the MoMA can be attributed to the productive collaboration, begun in 1994, between MoMA Director Glenn Lowry and philanthropist Patricia Phelps de Cisneros.
book Commemorating the 200th Anniversary of the Supreme Court of Spain.
The book has a size of 40 x 35 x 8 cm, 700 pages, hardcover with box, and includes a extraordinary reproduction of each of the commissioned 23 graphic works, with the reproductions each signed by the original artist from each country of Latin America, Spain and Portugal, together with a photograph in Madrid, signed by all the participating artists. We believe that this book will be a useful historical and artistic reference for an event which symbolized and reflected the ongoing integration of Ibero-American culture and art. Also, this book and the graphics work are part of the collection of works of art of the Royal House of Spain.The work collection and the book which memorializes this collection, includes the work of the following Ibero-American artists: José María Yturralde (Spain); José Luís Cuevas (Mexico); Rodolfo Abularach (Guatemala); Carlos Cañas (El Salvador); Oswaldo Vigas (Venezuela); Fernando de Szyszlo (Peru); Carlos Colombino (Paraguay); Alberto Carneiro (Portugal); Omar d’León (Nicaragua); Mónica Sarmiento-Castillo (Ecuador); Antonio Samudio (Colombia); Rosa Tavárez (Dominican Republic) Armando Lara (Honduras), Miguel Herrera Zorrilla (Uruguay), Luis Hernández Cruz (Puerto Rico), Enrique Ubieta (Cuba), Olga Sinclair (Panama), Rafaerl Felo García (Costa) Rica), Don Archer (USA), Leopoldo Maler (Argentina), Julio Villani (Brazil), Iván Contreras Brunet (Chile)The book also includes studies by important art critics: Gerard Xuriguera, Roman de la Calle, Marianne de Tolentinoand Bélgica Rodríguez. The edition was directed by Vicente Alcaraz-García.
Marianne de Tolentino
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