From the Page to the Street: Latin American Conceptualism

About the Exhibit

In the 1960s–70s, artists in Latin America participated in the profound reorientation of art traditions known loosely at the time as Conceptualism. From the Page to the Street illustrates the diverse forms these new practices took – including photographs and video, mail art, poems, Xerox copies, publications, and proposals – and the critical charge they carried during a tumultuous time. Paying special attention to the role of drawing in this radical transition, this exhibition proposes that Latin American artists shared a vision for the potential of art to build politicized constituencies, moving their work off the page and into the street.

Organized by Julia Detchon, Andrew W. Mellon Curatorial Fellow in Latin American Art, Blanton Museum of Art

Installation Photography

Image Credit

Regina Silveira (Porto Alegre, Brazil, b. 1939)Enigma 3, 1983 (detail)Postcard12.5 x 16 cmGift of Jacqueline BarnitzThe Blanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin

Press

Artishock Revista, From the Page to the Street: Latin American Conceptualism

caa.reviews, From the Page to the Street: Latin American Conceptualism

Glasstire, Top Five: August 2, 2018

Glasstire, From the Page to the Street: Latin American Conceptual Art at the Blanton

Terremoto, From the Page to the Street: Latin American Conceptualism