Contemporary Mexican painting in a time of change

By Shifra M. Goldman

Subjects: Art and society, Peinture et décoration murales mexicaines, Nueva Presencia (Group of artists), Nationalisme et art, Painting, mexican, Mural painting and decoration, Mexican, Mexican Painting, Figurative painting, Mural painting and decoration, Painting, Mexican, Mexican Mural painting and decoration, Historisk framstilling, Figure painting, Malerkunst, Art and revolutions, Peinture mexicaine, Nationalism and art, Peinture et décoration murales, Peinture

Description: "Provocative book on the role of figurative artists (known as Nueva Presencia and Interioristas) in Mexico during 1960s. Their work demonstrated an interest in the human figure while they distanced themselves from the social realism of preceding generations. Good analysis of the era's sociopolitical scene and conflicting currents of nationalism and internationalism. Excellent bibliography and notes. Illustrated in b/w"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.