"The proliferation and diffusion of mestizo themes have become universal...Drawing on the historical and cultural reality of Colombia and in the best Latin American tradition, Ana Mercedes Hoyos develops her work in the labyrinth of pictorial crossbreeding-- a crossbreeding of images." In these words from the thrilling critical essay that opens this book, Ángel Kalenberg describes the evolution of this great Colombian artist and her place in world art. This book, which represents the first comprehensive retrospective show of her painting and sculpture ever published, confirms his judgement. It deals with a distinguished career which led the Colombian artist from her early stage of "windows" and "doors" to a series of "atmospheres," in which she seems to leap through the frames of her earlier paintings to find herself before the light that is on the other side and was merely hinted at before. The white canvases of her "atmospheres"-- luminous, sparkling and full of matter-- in turn fulfill their cycle, opening the way for a further stage which is marked by the recuperation of the object and a new and fresh approach to nature. This is the moment when her daring and unrestrained "sunflowers" appear, whose pigmentation follows the line of the great, visceral colorists, like Van Gogh and Gauguin, who define a realm where chromatic values rule with the same rights and duties as form. These give way to her recent work, which features colorful still lifes inspired by the Afro-Colombian women fruit-vendors from San Basilio de Palenque, who, with their bowls of fruit gracefully balanced on their heads, form a picturesque sight on the beaches of the fabled Caribbean port of Cartagena. In her current stage we also observe her passionate interest in the culture of this fascinating ethnic group, whose personages and customs absorb her interest and fill her canvases. As this retrospective clearly shows, every stage of the work of Ana Mercedes is a testimony to her passion for her calling and her strong commitment to the world in which she lives.

Ana Mercedes Hoyos: Retrospective

Arts & Photography

Kalenberg, Angel

Villegas Jimenez, Benjamin

Hoyos, Ana Mercedes

History & Criticism

Villegas Editores

Employing a minimalist approach, Colombian chef María Villegas makes use of fresh, top-quality ingredients that are widely available. The recipes are quick and easy to prepare and provide a wide variety of dishes with exotic flavors that appeal to the contemporary cook, whether amateur or professional. Utilizando una tendencia minimalista, la chef colombiana María Villegas usa los ingredientes frescos, disponibles y de calidad alta. Las recetas son rápidas y faciles de preparar y proveen una variedad amplia de comida con sabores exóticos que atraerán el cocinero contemporáneo, ya que sea aficionado o profesional.

A LA Carte (Spanish Edition)

Cookbooks, Food & Wine

VILLEGAS, MARIA

Uribe Touri, Claudia

Regional & International

This new and spectacular series of more than 180 paintings, all of them chosen by Fernando Botero himself, and 50 of which have never been published before, reveal the essence of the feminine in his work. Four drawings on acetate inserts that Botero created exclusively for this book and an essay on the work of Botero written by the famous Mexican writer Carlos Fuentes complements this impressive survey of Botero's work. Esta nueva selección de las pinturas de Fernando Botero, es una nueva y espectacular serie de más de 180 pinturas, 50 de ellas hasta ahora inéditas y escogidas por el propio artista, revela la esencia femenina de su trabajo. La impresionante selección se ve complementada con cuatro dibujos en insertos de acetato, preparados exclusivamente por Botero para esta edición, y un ensayo sobre la obra boteriana, escrito por el escritor mexicano Carlos Fuentes.

Botero Mujeres / Botero Women (Spanish Edition)

BOTERO, FERNANDO

Gribaudo, Paola

This collection of Fernando Botero's work on the theme of terrorism and violence in Colombia include 23 oil paintings and 27 drawings, which he has donated to the National Museum of Colombia in Bogotá. Botero did so out of the strong conviction that he would not profit from the country’s suffering by selling them. The volume represents a dramatic pictorial documentation of this suffering, and is a tribute to one of the few Colombian artists that has achieved lasting worldwide recognition.

Botero: In The Museo Nacional De Colombia/new Donation 2004 (English and Spanish Edition)

González, Beatriz

Velez, Santiago Londono

The complexity of a country in which violence and internal armed conflict coexist with enormous cultural, natural, and human riches is captured in this illuminating essay by a Colombian poet. A refreshed view of Colombia is proposed, shedding light on the possibility of a future in which the nation may become reconciled with itself. The accompanying photographs, all previously unpublished, are taken by some of Colombia's best photographers.

Once upon a Time There Was Colombia

Literature & Fiction

Spanning the 16th to 19th centuries, these homes reveal how builders adapted Spanish principles to the Colombian environment

Casa Colonial: Domestic Architecture of New Granada

Tellez, German

Shaio, Pedro

Architecture

No country in the world enjoys greater geographical variety than Colombia. And as in so many places, the country's political jurisdictions, drawn up arbitrarly, have little relation to natural or human boundaries. Here, then, we look beyond man-made frontiers at the rich mixture of landscape, people and cultures which make up present-day Colombia. The photographs which illustrate Panoramic Colombia have been taken by a Roundshot 360º camara which revolves so as to take in everything anyone might observe by standing still and slowly turning full circle. The effect is to place the viewers at the very centre of the picture. In fact, the book's intention is to take it's stcance at the heart of each event (or scene) depicted here, as a silent manent witness to what is taking place. Earth and water mingle there. So does Man and the sky above him.

Panoramic Colombia

Pulecio Marino, Enrique

Salazar Aparicio, Miguel

Photography & Video

Having started during the 1970s as a result of his rotund sense of volume, Colombian artist Fernando Botero's sculpture work is explored in this beautiful book. It includes an essay by French art critic Jean-Clarence Lambert and constitutes the largest sample of Botero's sculpture work, from early small and medium size formats up until his recent monumental sculptures that have turned parks, plazas and streets of the largest cities in the world into real life museums.

Botero Sculptures

Lambert, A.

LAMBERT, Jean-Clarence

Conceived as intimate refuges for meditation, delight, and entertainment, Guatemalan houses are exceptional examples of Latin American architecture.

Casa Guatemalteca: Architecture, Landscape, Interior Design

Niesiolowska, Katia

Luján Muñoz Jorge

Bourda, Ange A.

The significance of her pictorial proposals, the independence in her language and an inextinguishable creative capability explain the outstanding place Ana Mercedes Hoyos (1942) occupies in the current Colombian and Latin American art arena. The book is a collection of very special moments within her work, particularly her daring reinterpretation of still nature, from the perspective of the trays of fresh fruit that the women from Palenque, an African American enclave, sell on the beaches of Cartagena, in the Colombian Caribbean coast.

Ana Mercedes Hoyos

Serrano, Eduardo

Individual Artists

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