书名：Constructing Latin America: Architecture、Politics、nd Race at the Museum of Modern Art / 构建拉丁美洲：现代艺术博物馆的建筑、政治与种族
定价：488.0
ISBN：9780300254563
作者：Patricio del Real
版次：1
出版时间：2022-08

内容提要：

题 目：Constructing Latin America: Architecture、Politics、nd Race at the Museum of Modern Art / 构建拉丁美洲：现代艺术博物馆的建筑、政治与种族

作 者：Patricio del Real

出 版：Yale University Press ,  2022

装 帧：精装，320页

语 种：英语

尺 寸：22.3*25.1 cm

 

 

A nuanced look at how the Museum of Modern Art’s carefully curated treatment of Latin American architecture promoted U.S. political, economic, and cultural interests

 

In the interwar period and immediately following World War II, the U.S. government promoted the vision of a modern, progressive, and democratic Latin America and worked to cast the region as a partner in the fight against fascism and communism. This effort was bolstered by the work and products of many institutions, including the Museum of Modern Art, New York. Using modern architecture to imagine a Latin America under postwar U.S. leadership, MoMA presented blockbuster shows, including Brazil Builds (1943) and Latin American Architecture since 1945 (1955), that deployed racially coded aesthetics and emphasized the confluence of “Americanness” and “modernity” in a globalizing world. Delving into the heated debates of the period and presenting never-before-published internal documents and photos from the museum and the Nelson A. Rockefeller archives, Patricio del Real is the first to fully address MoMA’s role in U.S. cultural imperialism and its consequences through its exhibitions on Latin American art and architecture.