The discovery of the Americas was a renaissance event; the general imposition of European command a baroque process. No miracle the Baroque continues to haunt the civilizations of Latin America. The upside of it is that the limit covers the hybridity and syncretism idea essential to contemporary identities just about everywhere. If in this way maybe that handy prefix "post-" will regain one of its old magic, helping MCA senior curator Elizabeth Armstrong and independent curator Victor Zamudio-Taylor finesse their ambivalence toward the nonetheless irreplaceable label "Latin American" as they showcase fifteen artists from Chile to Mexico. Sept23 2000-Jan. 7 2001; travels to Walker Art Center Minneapolis; SF MOMA; and other venues
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