Arte Latino

Art based on meaning

Latin american art and artists have a lot of input in Western art today. Whereby once the art form native america, latin america and Africa was seen as “primitive”with its totem poles and african masks it is now welcomed with open arms together with art of western artists around the world.

It would be surprising to many to learn that in 1890 there was a world exhibition of so called “primitive”art as the scientists and artists of the day termed. More

Mexico’s Art Offerings

On a visit to Mexico I was struck by the amount of beautiful art objects that were available. Many were of low costs and were of materials that were easy to find. In particular I liked the tin art works. These were artworks made out of the thin metal of tin and puncuted and painted in order to create an image.

Often the tin artworks had been formed to frame objects and provided decorative additons to functional objects. The tin More

Latin art-Imaginas-Anna Maria Batistozzi

Anna’s artwork here is representative of many Latin American art works. It is called imagina. It seems to have Latin American symbolism and is painted in a contemporary style. There are many colours and movements in the painting. It seems that the figures and backgrounds almost dances off the canvas. The colours are in light shades on a dark background, which goes far to explain why Latin American Art is used so frequently in American culture and media, through marketing More