Archeological expeditions of the past to question the present and reinvent the future, Peruvian contemporary art goes beyond superficial layers. Selection and text by Peruvian art curator Luisa Fernanda Lindo. 1.CLAUDIA MARTINEZ-GARAY (1983) Martinez-Garay‘s work takes existing images to review and question the past. Her work reads the remains that […]
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Female Mexican filmmakers are on the rise. Miranda Leggett reviews some of these active directors working on multiple genres and telling under-the-radar stories. Each of the women director included has won at least one national or international prize. Esta lista incluye directoras actuales de México que han trabajado en géneros […]
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Take a look into the diversity of new Argentinean artists born after 1975. Here is a selection by Peruvian curator and artist Luisa Fernanda Lindo 1. AMALIA PICA (1978) Pica raises the possibility of art as a means of communication, so she proposes the creation of a language that transcends […]
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Between the social, the object and the individual, 10 Chilean artists under 45, a list by Luisa Fernanda Lindo. 1. CAMILA RAMIREZ GAJARDO (1988) Child’s play and its rules will be a fundamental part of her proposal, composed of drawings, installations, performances and impossible objects that put into question the […]
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The genre of reggaeton has often been criticized for its misogynistic and sexist lyrics. Men have held the reins in this genre of music, not only in the charts, but also in the narratives of songs, where men are usually the protagonists, while women are merely sexual objects. However, this […]
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Described as a “refreshing shower” by Gilberto Gil, Tropicália was a Brazilian cultural movement of the 1960s, known for its fusion and avant-garde music. A mix of psychedelic rock & pop, bossa nova, samba, and more, the lyrical music was critical of Brazil’s authoritarian regimes and social inequality. Two of […]
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