{"product_id":"our-america-the-latino-presence-in-american-art-9781907804441","title":"Our America: The Latino Presence in American Art","description":"\u003cp\u003eIs Latino art an integral part of modern American art? Presenting over one hundred major artworks from the Smithsonian American Art Museum, \u003ci\u003eOur America\u003c\/i\u003e seeks to recalibrate enduring concepts about American national culture by exploring how one group of artists--those of Latin American descent and heritage--express their relationship to American art, history, and culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eE. Carmen Ramos addresses the whole issue of the definition of Latino art and how this emerged within the context of the Civil Rights movement of the 1960s as American artists of Latino descent (Mexican American, Puerto Rican, Cuban American, and, more recently, Dominican) began to give a tangible face to their culture and history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHighlights include an installation altar by Amalia Mesa-Bains, the recycled films of Raphael Monta ez Ortiz, and a 1960 geometric painting by Carmen Herrera. Other notable artists include Olga Albizu, Melesio Mel Casas, Maria Magdalena Campos-Pons, Margarita Cabrera, Enrique Chagoya, Teresita Fern ndez, Ken Gonzales-Day, Luis Jim nez, Ana Mendieta, Pep n Osorio, Sophie Rivera, Freddy Rodr guez, and John M. Valadez, among many others.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWinner of first prize in the Association of Art Museum Curators (AAMC) award for excellence, 2014\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAuthor and curator \u003cb\u003eE. Carmen Ramos\u003c\/b\u003e is the Smithsonian American Art Museum's curator of Latino art. She has organized numerous shows, including the fifth biennial at El Museo del Barrio in New York City in 2007.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTom s Ybarra-Frausto, PhD\u003c\/b\u003e, the grandfather of this subject, and formerly associate director for creativity and culture at the Rockefeller Foundation in New York, has written and published extensively on US\/Latino cultural issues.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAccompanies an exhibition with the following venues: \u003cbr\u003eSmithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC, October 25, 2013-March 2, 2014\u003cbr\u003eThe Patricia and Phillip Frost Art Museum at Florida International University in Miami, FL, March 28, 2014-June 22, 2014\u003cbr\u003eCrocker Art Museum in Sacramento, CA, September 21, 2014-January 11, 2015\u003cbr\u003eUtah Museum of Fine Arts in Salt Lake City, UT, February 6, 2015-May 17, 2015\u003cbr\u003eArkansas Art Center in Little Rock, AR, October 16, 2015-January 17, 2016\u003cbr\u003eDelaware Museum of Art in Wilmington, DE, March 5, 2016-May 29, 2016\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Giles\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/25\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781907804441\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 365\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 5.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 12.00h x 10.20w x 1.30d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2014 pg. 46\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2014 pg. 81\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Carmen Ramos","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42429269541045,"sku":"9781907804441","price":55.25,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_40dcfbec-f314-4acf-842c-89d6826d561e.jpg?v=1664893818","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/our-america-the-latino-presence-in-american-art-9781907804441","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}