Modern Masters from Latin America: the Pérez Simón Collection

Edited by Roxana Velásquez

ISBN: 978-84-947466-6-6

Year: 2017

Pages: 208

Illustrations: 140

Binding: hardcover with dust jacket

Size: 23 x 30 cm

Published by: Madrid, El Viso Editions

This catalog accompanies the exhibition at the San Diego Museum of Arts, celebrating the multifaceted history of Latin American modernism with an exhibition on loan from one of the world's foremost private collections. Modern Masters from Latin America: The Pérez Simón Collection traces the trajectory from the late 1800s through the first decade of the 20th century, expressing the work of seminal figures from countries including Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Mexico, Peru, Brazil, and Uruguay. Among the artists featured in this exhibition are Fernando Botero, Alfredo Castañeda, Pedro Figari, Gunther Gerzso, Félix González-Torres, Frida Kahlo, Wifredo Lam, Roberto Matta, Alfredo Ramos Martínez, Diego Rivera, Kazuya Sakai, David Alfaro Siqueiros, Jesús Rafael Soto, Lino Eneas Spilimbergo, Rufino Tamayo, and Joaquín Torres-García.