Gaztambide, Marķa C.,

El techo de la ballena : retro-modernity in Venezuela / Marķa C. Gaztambide. - Gainesville : University of Florida Press, (c)2019. - 1 online resource (xviii, 213 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates)

Includes bibliographies and index.

Introduction -- The site of paradise -- The liminal space of Venezuelan informalism -- The contingency of the whale -- The authority of kitsch -- Dead matter for an enlivened practice -- Coda.

In this volume, Marķa C. Gaztambide presents an account of the visual arts production of the Caracas-based collective El Techo de la Ballena (active 1961-69).



9781683400769


Techo de la Ballena (Literary group)--Exhibitions.


Art, Venezuelan--20th century--Exhibitions.
Art--Venezuela--Caracas--Exhibitions.


Electronic Books.

PQ8538 / .E484 2019