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En un ejercicio de síntesis ejemplar, Imelda Ramírez parte de una circunstancia ligada a dos objetos de estudio muy precisos, la sobrevivencia de bienales con una orientación modernista, y la creación de nuevas instituciones que nos llevan a la historia ampliada de la formación del gusto moderno, a las polémicas en el campo teórico sobre la vanguardia y su fin y, sobre todo, a las aspiraciones de un arte latinoamericano capaz de romper la idea de autonomía y de crear un nuevo aparato teórico que acompañase los cambios artísticos y su significación. Como bien señala la autora, el...

Guía básica de dibujo para artistas que desean mejorar su técnica en el área concreta de la perspectiva y de la composición

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...

Linguistic minorities are everywhere, and they are diverse. In this context, linguistic mediation activities – whether translation or interpreting – are key to the social inclusion of any kind of linguistic minority. In most societies autochthonous linguistic minorities coexist with foreignspeaking minorities and people with (or without) disabilities who rely linguistically or medially adapted on texts to access information. The present volume draws on this broad understanding of the concept of linguistic minorities to explore some of the newest developments in the field of translation...