SPAN 597 Latin American Pictures: Archives, Practices, and Theories

Since the nineteenth century, Latin American pictures has generated an enormous visible archive of nice high quality, highly effective creative practices and actions, and theoretical reflections. By specializing in the aesthetics related to the unique and picturesque in addition to with trendy pictures, this seminar will study how this type of artwork has been outlined in follow and idea for greater than a century now (because the 1850s). We may also look intently at a choice of supplies that addresses challenges associated to picture strategies and types of copy; working with visible archives; dynamics of reminiscence; nationwide imaginaries; and pictures as a mechanism of social management in addition to of resistance. Additionally, we’ll analyze how these explicit reflections on Latin American pictures enter in dialogue with their particular native contexts and with a worldwide creative sensibility, impacted by “the age of mechanical reproduction” (Benjamin) and, extra just lately, the arrival of digital actuality. Some of the photographers that may set up our discussions are Manuel Álvarez Bravo, Héctor García, Nacho López, Graciela Iturbide, Pedro Meyer, Silvina Frydlewsky, Daniela Rossell, Alessandra Sanguinetti, Enrique Metinides, and Gian Paolo Minelli, amongst others. Readings for this seminar will likely be principally in Spanish and will likely be drawn from up to date important idea in artwork, philosophy, historical past, and well-liked tradition.