1st Edition

Emilio Sanchez in New York and Latin America

By Victor Deupi Copyright 2020
220 Pages 24 Color & 60 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

220 Pages 24 Color & 60 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

220 Pages 24 Color & 60 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This book focuses on the life and artistic activities of Emilio Sanchez (1921–1999) in New York, and Latin America in the 1940s and 1950s. More specifically, the book will consider Sanchez in the wider context of mid-century Cuban artists, and cross-cultural exchange between New York, Cuba, and the Caribbean. The book reflects on why Sanchez chose to be a mobile observer of the American and... Read more

List of Figures and PlatesForeword (Dr. Ann Koll);  PrefaceIntroduction: Situating Emilio Sanchez within Cuban Modernism (Nathan J. Timpano);  1. Innocence and Cruelty;  2. A Little Bit Drunk with Color;  3. Serendipity and Intrigue;  4. A Terrible Cuban;  5. Mexican Odyssey;  6. Tropicality, Travel, and Acclaim;  7. Cuba Upside Down;  BibliographyIndex

Biography

Victor Deupi is a Lecturer at the University of Miami School of Architecture.