“serious art”: colombian art and the historical european vanguard in 1922

The article analizes the reception of European avantgardeart in Colombia through the analysis of the discussionsaroused by the exposition of Modern FrenchPainting, seen in Bogota and Medellin in 1922. RafaelTavera, Roberto Pizano and Gustavo Santos were themain voices in the debate. Their criticisms...

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Autores:
Suárez, Sylvia Juliana
Tipo de recurso:
Article of journal
Fecha de publicación:
2008
Institución:
Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Repositorio:
Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Idioma:
spa
OAI Identifier:
oai:repositorio.unal.edu.co:unal/50598
Acceso en línea:
https://repositorio.unal.edu.co/handle/unal/50598
http://bdigital.unal.edu.co/44596/
Palabra clave:
Sylvia Suárez
arte colombiano moderno
pintura de vanguardia
Colombia y vanguardia
Sylvia Suárez
Colombian Modern Art
Vanguard Painting
Avant-garde in Colombia
Rights
openAccess
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Atribución-NoComercial 4.0 Internacional
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Summary:The article analizes the reception of European avantgardeart in Colombia through the analysis of the discussionsaroused by the exposition of Modern FrenchPainting, seen in Bogota and Medellin in 1922. RafaelTavera, Roberto Pizano and Gustavo Santos were themain voices in the debate. Their criticisms are studied inorder to shed light on some aspects pertaining the cultural,artistic and institutional contexts that characterizedthe conservative position assumed by national artistsagainst to the European avant-garde at the beginningof the twentieth century.