Latin American Artists, #2 Liliana Porter

The toy is the recipient of our subjectivity . . . it is an entity capable of becoming, through us, either banal or significant. Every emotional relation with a toy is our creation; its sense, its intention and its weight depend on us.
- Liliana Porter-

"Blue Eyes," 2000, cibachrome, 32.5 x 22.25 inches

This is a link to her exhibition, "Secret Lives of Toys": Liliana Porter Photographs, Orme Lewis Gallery at the Phoenix Art Muesum

Liliana Porter, born and raised in Argentina, lives and works in New York. Although primarily a printmaker and painter, photography has been a point of departure for her work, as have children's toys and kitsch objects. In this exhibition, her deceptively simple photographic portraits feature toys and figurines, alone or in pairs, who are directly engaging the viewer or conversing between themselves. The moment caught by Porter's camera seems to be real, as if the characters are posing and have even dressed up for the occasion.
Really delightful...

Latin American Artists, #1 Vik Minuz

Peruse some of Vik's playful, fun, witty, enigmatic images., Sugar children, Pictures of chocolate, River Bone, Pictures of wire, The invisble object, Pictures of thread.

This is a link to the "WORST POSSIBLE ILLUSION: The Curiosity Cabinet of Vik Muniz, a film by Anne-Marie Russell, Director/Producer; Paige West, Executive Producer; Aaron Woolf/ Director of Photography; Iris Cahn/Editor; Selina Lewis Davidson /Co-Producer; Nancy Roth/ Co-Producer



http://www.vikmuniz.net/main.html

Museum Andres Blaisten,The 24 Hour Virtual Museum

This virtual Museum showcases an important collection of Mexican Art from Andres Blaisten’s private collection. The exhibition includes works from the first half of the Twentieth Century, as well as the Nineteenth Centuries, along with colonial paintings.
The site is divided into several periods or themes, beginning with "Art from Modernism to the Avant-Garde," and includes works by Ángel Zárraga, Alfredo Ramos Martínez, Diego Rivera, Carlos Mérida and Rufino Tamayo, among others.
Other works by other equally important, though lesser known artists can be viewed in the Country to City, Dialogs and Proposals, Contemporary Art I and II, Painting of New Spain, and Temporary Exhibition areas.

The original works are housed and are displayed throughout Andre Blaistens's private home and are the result of more than 30 years of careful selection. The comprehensive collection is a wonderful insight into the evolution of Mexican fine arts.

You'll be surprized to see who's part of this extensive collection.