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Why was the first human ever captured on film caught by pure luck? Where is the human blind spot, and why don't you realize you have one? What does authenticity mean in an art where originals can be reproduced infinitely and manipulated flawlessly? More than a mere collection of trivia, this book tackles the big picture of what photography means. 30-Second Photography takes a revolutionary approach to understanding the 50 most thought-provoking concepts, techniques, and technologies that have shaped photography into the ever-present art form it is today. From the science of converting light...

El FCE re ne en este volumen dos textos de la obra cr tica del poeta guatemalteco Luis Cardoza y Arag n (1904-1992). Versa el primero sobre Andr Breton. En el segundo, se acerca al te rico y artista del suprematismo, Malevich, al tiempo que diserta sobre el abstraccionismo en pintura y el realismo socialista.

Anthological edition with 10 texts produced from the 1970's to present by noted artist, academic, and critic Luis Camnitzer. The critical essays are centered in art although examined from different perspectives. The author reflects, criticizes and deconstructs the way we understand the artistic system, its power nets and the incidence of the commercial market. "Camnitzer shares with us the condition of looking to a dominant cultural knot, that is, it is inserted in our own same measure in what is known as the 'Colonial relationship'"--P.6.

A beautifully produced, comprehensive look at Cuban artist Zilia Sánchez that traces her alluring and evocative paintings and sculpture from the 1950s to today Cuban artist Zilia Sánchez (b. 1926) often says, “Soy isla” (“I am an island”), expressing her desire for solitary, uncompromising practice. It also serves as a metaphor for her experience as an islander—connected to and disconnected from both the mainland and mainstream art currents, such as concretism, gestural abstraction, and minimalism. Characterized by reductive forms, clean lines, and sensuous curves suggestive of...