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El techo de la ballena : retro-modernity in Venezuela

Title
El techo de la ballena : retro-modernity in Venezuela / María C. Gaztambide.
Author
Gaztambide, María C.
Publication
Gainesville : University of Florida Press, [2019]

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Description
xviii, 213 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color); 24 cm
Summary
In this volume, María C. Gaztambide presents an account of the visual arts production of the Caracas-based collective El Techo de la Ballena (active 1961-69).
Subject
  • Techo de la Ballena (Literary group) > Exhibitions
  • Techo de la Ballena (Literary group)
  • 1900-1999
  • Art, Venezuelan > 20th century > Exhibitions
  • Art > Venezuela > Caracas > Exhibitions
  • Art
  • Art, Venezuelan
  • Venezuela > Caracas
Genre/Form
Exhibition catalogs.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introduction -- The site of paradise -- The fluidity of Venezuelan informalism -- The contingency of the whale -- The authority of kitsch -- Dead matter for an enlivened practice -- Coda.
Call Number
JFE 19-3495
ISBN
  • 9781683400707
  • 1683400704
LCCN
2018018097
OCLC
1035819081
Author
Gaztambide, María C., author.
Title
El techo de la ballena : retro-modernity in Venezuela / María C. Gaztambide.
Publisher
Gainesville : University of Florida Press, [2019]
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Chronological Term
1900-1999
Research Call Number
JFE 19-3495
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