Nr. 25 July - September 1997 C O N T E N T S
	21	Acknowledgment to Carlos Rojas Celia Sredni de Birbragher Natalia Gutiérrez
	31	News
	40	Book Review Enrique Hernández d´Jesús: La semejanza transfigurada Published by Monte Ávila, 1996 Review by Juan Carlos Palenzuela
	42	Latin American Art Luis Camnitzer Review of the exhibit Latin Viewpoints at the Nassau County Museum of Art in New York. The lack of theoretical rigor is discussed vis a vis the »quality« of the works exhibited. Camnitzer posits a redefinition of the artist/curator relationship as a means of ensuring that art is contextually presented.
	48	Eugenio Dittborn Víctor Zamudio - Taylor Review of Dittborn´s exhibit Remota: AirMail Paintings at the New Museum of Contemporary Art in New York. The artwork´s transgressions and redefinitions in the field of artistic action simultaneously challenged political censorship during Chilean dictatorships. Dittborn localizes his work within the discourses of power, and his use of photography and global circuit routes create a heterogeneity of associations.
	52	Transterritorial     -   special online-presentation Octavio Zaya Zaya problematizes the essentializing views that maintain a fixed territorial organization for Latin American and American Art. The double exclusion of the Carla Stellweg Gallery at ARCO in Madrid is a reference point for a discussion concerning spaces of cultural creolization, the colonial quality of the term »Latin« America, and the transnational currents between the First World and Third World. (See the complete text)
	60	Antonio Berni Nelly Perazzo Summary of the trajectory of the »monster« sculptural works by this Argentinean artist. Berni´s use of his archetypal figure Ramona contrasts with the figure Juanito in terms of their materiality and the particular narratives they configure. The text includes various critical quotes, exhibit descriptions, and explores the artist´s formal evolution.
	66	Marcos Lora Read Antonia María Cerda Marcos Lora Read´s work is discussed in relation to his exhibit My House is Your House, My Friend in the Netherlands. Beginning with his formal interest in boats, the artist moves to the boat as a conceptual frame and a means of communication. He incorporates themes of history, colonization, journey, and protection in his work.
	70	Jesús Soto Fernando Carvallo Jesus Soto´s recent exhibit at the Jeu de Paume National Gallery received critical success in a country experiencing intense debates about the state of contemporary art. The author recounts Soto´s first encounter with a Braque painting, his move to Paris, and visit to the Netherlands in relation to his desire to develop his own abstract language. The importance of kinetic art and the relationship between art and science is also discussed.
	73	Interview with Jesús Soto Francine Birbragher The interview focuses on the artist's recent retrospective in France and current projects with the São Paulo Biennial and the Hong Kong airport. The upcoming 25th anniversary of the Jesús Soto Museum of Modern Art in Ciudad Bolívar is highlighted. Other topics include the integration of art and architecture, public participation in works of art, and the artist´s prospective work with computerization.
	81	Stanford Watson Edward J. Sullivan Sullivan contextualizes the work of Stanford Watson within the history of art in Jamaica and the rest of the Caribbean. The rawness and power of Watson´s work is not to be mistaken for 1980´s neo-expressionist tendencies. The work develops a distinctive voice giving form to many of the issues that characterize Jamaican painting and society.
	52	Manuel Alvarez Bravo Mónica Amor A critique of the Museum of Modern Art´s lack of theorization concerning Manuel Alvarez Bravo´s retrospective. The author describes the work within surrealist aesthetics yet emphasizes that Bravo´s photographic practice develops a particular visual language in dialogue with the Mexican context. Themes including the negotiation of the »traditional« and the »modern« and the loss of boundaries that his work generates are also explored.
	84	The Whitney Biennial Luis Camnitzer This review of the Whitney Biennial comments upon the inclusion of artists who maintain only partial residence in the US and the additional culturally representative element. The principle criterion of the show is described as »spectacle«. This »spectacular« presentation mitigated a potential dialogue with the works. The additional lack of information only contributed to the viewer´s superficial satisfaction.
	90	Spotlight: Gabriel Orozco José Manuel Springer Gabriel Orozco´s economy of means is described as achieving a subversive quality. Beginning as a painter, Orozco uses the camera to record life in the streets and his own interventions. The text examines the artist´s various actions and installations and his consistent nonconformity to ethnic expectations.
	92	Art Chicago´97 - Janet Cavallero Sofa ´97 - Carol Damian Arte Ba ´97 - Alberto Collazo
	111	Group Shows Chicago, Tijuana, México D.F., Monterrey, New York, Cali, Buenos Aires, Bogotá.
Please see: Contact Suscription Home Español	121	Reviews Personal exhibitions in Bogotá, Buenos Aires, Cali, Caracas, Chicago, Fort Lauderdale, Hull, México D.F., Miami, Monterrey, North Dakota, New York, New Mexico, París, San Juan, Santiago de Chile, Santo Domingo, Tijuana and Washington.
	146	Books and Catalogues
	149	Gallery and Museum Guide

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