“Beyond Frida Kahlo: Other Modern Latin American Women Artists"

Session Chair:
Georgina G. Gluzman, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Argentina

Session Abstract:
Traditional accounts of Latin American art history have dealt with women artists in two main ways. They have either excluded women artists, largely ignoring female contributions to the vibrant art scenes that developed in the first decades of the 20th century, or they have incorporated a rather small group of figures in highly formulaic terms, contributing to the creation of art historical heroines (such as Frida Kahlo) and obscuring the careers of many other women artists. The aim of this session is to deepen our understanding of the diversity of trajectories and fortunes of Latin American women artists in the first decades of the 20th century. We hope to revisit their experiences as women artists in a world in which the male artist dominated, that is, to offer a reading of their gendered experiences. We invite papers dealing with neglected women artists in from Latin America, seeking to challenge traditional accounts and to foster a Latin American art history that transcends national divides.

Paper proposals must be made via the SECAC portal (https://secac.secure-platform.com/a/)

Georgina G. Gluzman
Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
georginagluzgmail.com