Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Estévez, Ruth, 1977-
2. Diez Fischer, Agustín
3. López, Miguel A., 1983-
4. Ferrari, León, 1920-2013.
5. REDCAT (Art center), host institution.
6. Pérez Art Museum Miami, host institution.
7. Pacific Standard Time: LA/LA (Project), contributor.

Description

1. 287 pages : illustrations (some color), facsimiles, portraits; 24 cm

Summary

1. The acclaimed Argentinian artist León Ferrari (1920-2013), the voice of a generation, is best known for his politically charged work that challenged authoritarianism of all types, from the Argentinian dictatorship and the Catholic Church to the US war in Vietnam. This publication provides a wide-ranging survey of his literary collages--produced from 1965 to 2013--which use appropriated texts, representing a kind of experimental writing at the intersection of visual arts, performance, theater, literature, and activism. The starting point of this extensive body of work is Ferrari's landmark 1966 work "Palabras Ajenas" (The Words of Others). Staged only twice, in 1968 and 1972, this literary collage is an imaginary dialogue among 160 historic figures, composed of fragments from contemporary news-wires and historical texts. Exploring a little-known and scarcely analyzed aspect of León Ferrari's work in order to propose new interpretations, the publication includes six substantial essays by academics from Latin America and Europe with previously unpublished primary source documents (press notes, photographs, and correspondence, among others), and more than 100 color and black and white illustrations. The book is a comprehensive reflection on the intersections between artistic practices, media, and the climate of political violence in Latin America.

Uniform title

1. Words of others.
2. Words of others. Spanish.

Alternative title

1. Palabras ajenas : León Ferrari y la retórica en tiempos de guerra

Subject

1. Ferrari, León, 1920-2013 > Exhibitions
2. Ferrari, León, 1920-2013
3. 1900-2099
4. Art > Political aspects
5. Conceptual art > 20th century
6. Conceptual art > 21st century
7. political art
8. Art > Political aspects
9. Conceptual art

Genre/Form

1. exhibition catalogs.
2. Exhibition catalogs
3. Exhibition catalogs.
4. Catalogues d'exposition.

Contents

1. Palabras ajenas: León Ferrari and rhetoric in times of war = Palabras ajenas: Leó Ferrari y la retórica en tiempos de guerra / Ruth Estévez -- Story of a transgression = Historia de una transgresión / Andrea Giunta -- A theater of the present = Un teatro del presente / José A. Sánchez -- Appropriation and blasphemy: the religious mysticism of León Ferrari = Apropiación y blasfemia: la mística religiosa de León Ferrari / Miguel A. López -- Rewriting the war: Palabras ajenas and photojournalism = Reescribir la guerra: Palabras ajenas y el fotoperiodismo / Cora Gamarnik -- León Ferrari and Paul VI: a battle of words = León Ferrari y Paulo VI: una batalla de palabras / Agustín Díez Fischer -- BBC, radio, Vietnam: an interview with Leopoldo Maler = BBC, radio, Vietnam: una entrevista con Leopoldo Maler / Ruth Estévez/Miguel A. López -- Operation: "Pacem in Terris" = Operative: "Pacem in Terris" / Pedro Asquini -- Letters = Cartas -- Press = Prensa.

Owning institution

1. Princeton University Library

Note

1. Published on the occasion of an exhibition held at REDCAT, Los Angeles, September 16-December 17, 2017, and Pérez Art Museum Miami, February 16-August 12, 2018.
2. "Published with the assistance of the Getty Foundation."
3. "The exhibition is part of the Getty-led Pacific Standard Time: LA/LA ... "--Colophon.

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references.

Language (note)

1. English and Spanish.