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Contemporary Latin American Art

This guide provides information on contemporary artists from Latin America and links to resources such as books, websites, and videos. All artists included in this research guide are of Latin American origin or descent.

Drawing

Firelei Báez

Vessel of genealogies, a painting of a woman with patterned black and white skin and an afro.

Báez, Firelei. Vessels of Geneaologies, 2016, acrylic, graphite, and ink on paper, 40 1/2 x 70 in. Wendi Norris Gallery, San Francisco. 

Sandra Cinto

Cisco Jiménez

Drawing

Ricardo Lanzarini 

Magali Lara

Stark black lines with intermingled coloring and two circular images of a young girl.

Lara, Magali. "Dibujo No. 2," 1980, Collage, watercolor and india ink. 22 1/5 × 29 7/10 in. Walden Gallery, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires.

Glexis Novoa

Black and white large-scale drawing of an architectural space.

Novoa, Glexis. "Wat," 2013, 49x107'', Graphite on canvas, David Castillo Gallery, Miami Beach, Florida. 2013.

Jorge Satorre