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Ad Usum: To Be Used
Edited by José Luis Falconi
Edited by Pedro Reyes
Contributions by Antanas Mockus
Contributions by Alejandro Jodorowsky
Contributions by Augusto Boal
Contributions by Doris Sommer
Contributions by Ute Meta Bauer
Ad Usum is the catalogue of the retrospective exhibit of celebrated Mexican artist Pedro Reyes mounted at the Carpenter Center and organized by the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies at Harvard University. This is the first volume entirely dedicated to the works of Reyes, who is considered to be one of the most innovative and radical young Mexican artists.
Paperback July 2008
Emancipatory Action
Edited by José Luis Falconi
Edited by Gabriela Rangel
Edited by Nicolau Sevcenko
Paula Trope
Contributions by Paulo Herkenhoff
Contributions by Doris Sommer
This volume is based on the exhibition of Paula Trope at the Americas Society (NYC) made in conjunction with Harvard University's Cultural Agency Initiative. Contemporary Brazilian artist Paula Trope has acquired recent notice for the pin-hole photography she creates together with the "Meninos da Rua" (street children) in Rio de Janeiro, of which she is not really the "author" but its facilitator, instructor, and curator.
Paperback July 2008
Beginning with a Bang! From Confrontation to Intimacy
Edited by Victoria Noorthoorn
Foreword by Susan Segal
Beginning with a Bang! features the shift between the explosive and experimental moment in the Argentine art scene of the 1960s, and the current scene emerging after the extreme crises in Argentina during the last 40 years. The exhibition catalogue brings together a historical section as well as information of performance-based actions and sound and video works by Argentine contemporary artists.
Paperback March 2008

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