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Lancette Arts Journal |
Art Reviews From our Archives |
Spring 2002 |
By Alidë Kohlhaas
Ultrabaroque: Aspects of Post-Latin American Art at the AGO until April 28, 2002.
An exhibition of a special nature has arrived at the Art Gallery of Ontario, much welcomed in the gloom of our wintry season. It has brought to our attention the work by artists from a different climate, both externally and internally.
Their art is vibrant in color and spirit. It is idiosyncratic and it is unmistakably Latino, regardless of the origin/location of the artist. There are 15 in all of them in the latest AGO exhibit by the above title. They represent seven countries, although none hale from Central America, and Argentina is conspicuous by its absence.
From Texas to Venezuela, and even transplanted from Spain, these artists are influenced by the peculiar marriage of Spanish and Portuguese baroque art with that of Native American cultures. This cultural meld had its beginnings with the conquistadors, who brought along their priests and nobles. They built their churches and palaces on top of ancient cultural edifices that the Europeans considered worthless . . .
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