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BETWEEN THEORY AND PRACTICE:RETHINKING LATIN AMERICAN ART IN THE 21S

March 11, 12, 13, 2011

BETWEEN THEORY AND PRACTICE: RETHINKING LATINAMERICAN ART IN THE 21ST CENTURYMARCH 11, 12, 13, 2011

SYMPOSIUM ORGANIZERS

Conceived by Cecilia Fajardo-Hill , Chief Curator, Museum of Latin American Ar t,Long Beach. Coordinated by Idurre Alonso for MOLAA

Advisory Committee: Andrea Giunta, Cuauhtmoc Medina, Natalia Majluf andGerardo Mosquera

Getty Research Institute: Donna Conwell, Cathy Davis, and Rebecca Zamora

Program Designer: Steven Vladimiroff for MOLAA

To watch live streaming of this event, or to view archived video documentation,visit http://www.getty.edu/research/exhibitions_events/events/theory_prac-tice/index.html.

Between Theory and Practice: Rethinking Latin American Art in the 21st Century is part one of a two-part symposium. Part two will take place at the Museo deArte de Lima, Peru on November 2, 3, and 4, 2011. For more information, visit

www.molaa.org or email symposium@molaa.org .

ABOUT THE MUSEUM OF LATIN AMERICAN ART (MOLAA)

TheMuseumof LatinAmericanArt (MOLAA)wasfoundedin 1996inLongBeach,California and serves the greater Los Angeles area. MOLAA is the only museumin the United States exclusively dedicated to modern and contemporary LatinAmerican art. MOLAA presents a major exhibition schedule, educationaloutreach and serves as a platform for cross-cultural dialogue.

ABOUT THE GETTY FOUNDATION

The Getty Foundation fulfills the philanthropic mission of the Getty Trust bysupportingindividualsand institutionscommittedto advancingthe understandingand preservation of the visual arts locally and throughout the world.

ABOUT THE GETTY RESEARCH INSTITUTETheGetty Research Instituteis dedicatedto furthering knowledgeand advancingunderstanding of the visual arts. Its Research Library, Special Collections of rarematerials, and digital resources serve an international community of scholarsand the interested public.

2:00 2:15 p.m.Video Screening : Tania Bruguera , Tatlin Whisper # 6 (Havana version),2009, 15 min excerpt from 40:30 min videoCourtesy of Studio Bruguera

2:15 2:30 p.m.Introduction, Moderator: TaiyanaPimentel , Salade ArtePblicoSiqueiros,Mexico City

2:30 2:50 p.m.The Right to Speak Tania Bruguera, Art Institute of Chicago

2:50 3:10 p.m.When (Bad) Faith Moves Borders: Eight Aspects for Analyzing the Representation of Mexico Abroad Magali Arriola, Museo Rufino Tamayo, Mexico City

3:10 3:30 p.m.Art in the Desert: Humberstone, 2007Arturo Duclos, artist, independent scholar and curator, Santiago de Chile

3:30 4:00 p.m.Coffee Break

4:00 4:15 p.m.Introduction , Respondent: Michael Krichman , inSite, Tijuana/San Diego

4:15 5:00 p.m.Conversation , Moderator: Taiyana Pimentel . Respondent: MichaelKrichman. Participants: Tania Bruguera, MagaliArriola and ArturoDuclos.

5:00 5:30 p.m.

Q&A

5:30 6:30 p.m.Closing Public Reception

Front Cover: HORACIO ZABALAMapa quemado / Burned Map, 1974mixed media on printed map

Courtesy of the artist and Henrique Faria Fine Art, New York

Back Cover: CARLOS MOTTAWhen, if ever, does one draw a line under the horrors of history in the interest of truth and reconciliation? , 2009screenprints (portfolio of 10)MOLAA Permanent Collection

An international group of scholars, curators, museum directors and artists discuss new approaches to the study and presentation of LatinAmerican art in the 21st century. This symposium focuses on three key areas: the role of the museum in the collection, contextualization and

representation of Latin American art; the production of revisionist art histories through innovative research methodologies, new interpretative

frameworks and archive-based scholarship; and experimental curatorial models ranging from historic to contemporary case studies for theinterpretation and presentation of art from Latin America. This symposium is organized by the Museum of Latin American Art in Long Beach in

collaboration with the Getty Research Institute and is funded with support from the Getty Foundation.

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9:50 10:10 a.m.One Step Forward, Two Steps Back? Modern and Contemporary Art History and Latin America Robin Adele Greeley, University of Connecticut, Mansfield

10:10 10:30 a.m.Reformulating Histories: Constructing New Narratives in Latin American Art History Ivonne Pini, Universidad de los Andes, Bogota

10:30 11:00 a.m.Coffee Break

11:00 11:15 a.m.Introduction , Respondent: Maria Anglica Melendi, Universidae Federalde Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte

11:15 a.m. NoonConversation , Moderator: Rita Eder. Respondent: Maria Anglica Me-lendi. Participants: Jos Falconi, Robin Adele Greeley and Ivonne Pini .

Noon 12:30 p.m.Q&A

12:30 2:00 p.m.Lunch Break

SESSION IV

The Archival Impulse: Accessing Documents in the Museum and the Politics of Knowledge

2:00 2:15 p.m.Video Screening: ICAA Documents of 20th Century Latin American and Latino Art, 2011, 9:33 minsProduced by the International Center for the Arts of the Americas at theMuseum of Fine Arts, Houston and Mouth Watering Media

2:15 2:30 p.m.Introduction, Moderator: Andrea Giunta , University of Texas at Austin

2:30 2:50 p.m.Politics and the Production of Knowledge in the Museum Context: The ICAA's Documents of Latin American and Latino Art Project Mari Carmen Ramrez, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

2:50 3:10 p.m.40 Degrees: Democratizing Fevers. Promises and Mirages from the Archives of the South Miguel Lpez, Red Conceptualismos del Sur, Lima

3:10 3:30 p.m.The Archive as a Battlefield CristinaFreire, Museode ArteContemporneode laUniversidaddeSo Paulo

3:30 4:00 p.m.Coffee Break

4:00 4:15 p.m.Introduction , Respondent: JoaqunBarriendos, Universidadde Barcelona

4:15 5:00 p.m.Conversation , Moderator: AndreaGiunta . Respondent: JParticipants: Mari Carmen Ramrez, Miguel Lpez and

5:00 5:30 p.m.Q&A

DAY THREE: SUNDAY, MARCH 13, 20119:00a.m. 6:30p.m.BalboaEventsCenter, TheMusAmerican Art in Long Beach

8:30 9:00 a.m.Check-in; Coffee

9:00 9:15 p.m.Welcome , CeciliaFajardo-Hill ,MuseumofLatinAmerican

SESSION V

Curatorial Models: Emblematic Art Historical Cases

9:15 9:30 a.m.Introduction, Moderator: BeatrizGonzlez , MuseoNacioBogota

9:30 9:50 a.m.The Battle of the Canons Luis Camnitzer, State University of New York College at Old

9:50 10:10 a.m.Looking at Ourselves and Letting Ourselves Be Seen: LaQuestion

Rodrigo Alonso , Universidad de Buenos Aires

10:10 10:30 a.m.From an Anthropophagic Urban Master-Plan to a Group ShoTranslateAvant-GardeSpiritfromthe AmericasintoContemporInti Guerrero, independent curator, Amsterdam

10:30 11:00 a.m.Coffee Break

11:00 11:15 a.m.Introduction , Respondent: Cuauhtmoc Medina , UnAutnoma de Mxico, Mexico City

11:15 a.m. NoonConversation , Moderator: Beatriz Gonzlez . RespondeMedina . Participants: Luis Camnitzer, Rodrigo Alonso

Noon 12:30 p.m.Q&A

12:30 2:00 p.m.Lunch Break

SESSION VI

Curatorial Models: Emblematic Contemporary Cases

DAY ONE: FRIDAY, MARCH 11, 20119:00 a.m. 6:30 p.m. Museum Lecture Hall, The Getty Center

8:30 a.m.Check-in; Coffee

9:00 9:15 a.m.Welcome : Thomas Gaehtgens , Getty Research Institute, Los AngelesIntroduction :Cecilia Fajardo-Hill, Museumof LatinAmericanArt, LongBeach

SESSION I

The Role of the Museum: Collecting, Contextualizing and Representing Latin American Art in the 21st Century (Part 1)

9:15 9:30 a.m.Introduction: Moderator, Cecilia Fajardo-Hill, Museum of Latin AmericanArt, Long Beach

9:30 9:50 a.m.The Museum's Expanded Field Tanya Barson, Tate Modern, London

9:50 10:10 a.m.Commands of Knowledge and Sources of Legitimization Osvaldo Snchez, Museo de Arte Moderno, Mexico City

10:10 10:30 a.m.The Museum as a Platform for Thinking MaraIns Rodrguez, Museode ArteContemporneode Castilla yLen, Len

10:30 11:00 a.m.Coffee Break

11:00 11:15 a.m.Introduction, Respondent: Gustavo Buntinx , Micromuseo, Lima

11:15am NoonConversation, Moderator: Cecilia Fajardo-Hill . Respondent: GustavoBuntinx. Participants: Tanya Barson, Osvaldo Snchez and Mara InsRodrguez.

Noon 12:30 p.m.Q&A

12:30 2:00 p.m.Lunch Break

SESSION II

The Role of the Museum: Collecting, Contextualizing and Representing Latin American Art in the 21st Century (Part 2)

2:00 2:15 p.m.Video Screening: Anna Bella Geiger, Mapas Elementares n 1 (Elementary Maps, No. 1) , 1976, 3 minsAnnaBella Geiger, MapasElementares n3 (ElementaryMaps,No.3) , 1976,3 minsThe Getty Research Institute (2006.M.18). Courtesy of the artist

2:15 2:30 p.m.Introduction, Moderator: Natalia Majluf , Museo de Arte de Lima

2:30 2:50 p.m.Expandingthe ContemporaryArt Discourse: TheMuseum ofContemporary Art (MOCA) and Its Latin American Art Program Alma Ruiz,Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles

2:50 3:10 p.m.From Cartography to a Network Marcelo Arajo , Pinacoteca, So Paulo

3:10 3:30 p.m.Extraordinary Aliens: New Approaches to the Representation of Latin American Artists in Specialized and International Museums

Estrellita Brodsky, independent curator, art historian and philanthropist,New York

3:30 4:00 p.m.Coffee Break

4:00 4:15 p.m.Introduction, Respondent: Guillermo Santamarina , independent curator,Mexico City

4:15 5:00 p.m.Conversation , Moderator: Natalia Majluf . Respondent: Guillermo Santa-marina . Participants: Alma Ruiz, Marcelo Arajo and Estrellita Brodsky.

5:00 5:30 p.m.Q&A

5:30 6:30 p.m.Public Reception

DAY TWO: SATURDAY, MARCH 12, 20119:00 a.m. 5:30 p.m. Balboa Events Center, The Museum of LatinAmerican Art in Long Beach

8:30 a.m.Check-in; Coffee

9:00 9:15 a.m.Welcome , CeciliaFajardo-Hill, Museumof LatinAmericanArt,LongBeach

SESSION III

Art Historical Practice: Rethinking Research Methodologies and Interpretive and Critical Frameworks

9:15 9:30 a.m.Introduction, Moderator: Rita Eder , Instituto de Investigaciones Estticas,Mexico City

9:30 9:50 a.m.Latin American Art as Center Stage: or How to Make Sure We Never Lose the Asterisk Completely (*)

Jos Falconi, David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies,Harvard University, Cambridge