书名：Alfredo Boulton: Looking at Venezuela, 1928-1978/阿尔弗雷多·博尔顿：凝视委内瑞拉，1928-1978
定价：438.0
ISBN：9781606068199
作者：Idurre Alonso
版次：1
出版时间：2023-07

内容提要：

This lavishly illustrated volume examines the work of the Venezuelan photographer and art historian Alfredo Boulton, one of the main intellectuals of Latin American modernity.
 
Alfredo Boulton (1908–1995) is considered one of the most important champions of modern art in Venezuela and a key intellectual of twentieth-century modernism. He was a pioneer of modern photography, an art critic, a researcher and historian of Venezuelan art, a friend to many of the great artists and architects of the twentieth century, and an expert on the imagery of the heroes of his country’s independence.
 
Yet, Boulton is shockingly underrecognized outside of his native land. The few exhibitions related to his work have focused exclusively on his photographic production; never has there been a project that looks at the full range of Boulton’s efforts, foregrounding his influence on the shaping of Venezuelan art. This volume addresses these lacunae by analyzing Boulton’s groundbreaking photographic practice, his central role in the construction of a modern national artistic canon, and his influence in formalizing and developing art history and criticism in Venezuela. Based on the extensive materials held in Boulton’s archive at the Getty Research Institute, Alfredo Boulton brings together essays by leading scholars in the field to offer a commanding, original perspective on his contributions to the formation of a distinctive modernity at home and beyond.
 
This volume is published to accompany an exhibition on view at the Getty Research Institute at the Getty Center from August 29, 2023, to January 21, 2024.

这本插图丰富的书审视了委内瑞拉摄影师和艺术史学家阿尔弗雷多·博尔顿的作品，他是拉丁美洲现代性的主要知识分子之一。

阿尔弗雷多·博尔顿（Alfredo Boulton，1908-1995）被认为是委内瑞拉现代艺术最重要的倡导者之一，也是20世纪现代主义的关键知识分子。他是现代摄影的先驱、艺术评论家、委内瑞拉艺术的研究员和历史学家、20世纪许多伟大艺术家和建筑师的朋友，也是委内瑞拉独立英雄形象的专家。

然而，令人震惊的是，博尔顿在他的祖国之外被低估了。与他的作品相关的少数展览只关注他的摄影作品；从来没有一个项目能全面审视博尔顿的努力，突出他对委内瑞拉艺术塑造的影响。这本书通过分析博尔顿开创性的摄影实践、他在现代国家艺术经典建设中的核心作用以及他在委内瑞拉艺术史和批评的正式化和发展中的影响来解决这些空白。根据盖蒂研究所博尔顿档案中保存的大量材料，阿尔弗雷多·博尔顿汇集了该领域领先学者的论文，为他在国内外形成独特的现代性所做的贡献提供了一个全面、原创的视角。

这本书是为了配合2023年8月29日至2024年1月21日在盖蒂中心盖蒂研究所展出的展览而出版的。