The signs pile up : paintings by Pedro Álvarez /

"Pedro Álvarez's paintings explore the cultural interchange between Cuba and the U.S., Afro-Cuban history, U.S. slavery, the affects of the legalization of the U.S. dollar in Cuba in the 90s and the role of landscape painting within a highly charged socio-political context."

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Alvarez, Pedro, 1967-
Corporate Author: Sweeney Art Gallery
Other Authors: Stallings, Tyler
Format: Book
Language:English
Spanish
Published: Santa Monica, Calif. : Riverside, Calif. : Smart Art Press ; UCR Sweeney Art Gallery, [2007]
Series:Smart Art Press (Series) ; no. 87.
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Description
Summary:"Pedro Álvarez's paintings explore the cultural interchange between Cuba and the U.S., Afro-Cuban history, U.S. slavery, the affects of the legalization of the U.S. dollar in Cuba in the 90s and the role of landscape painting within a highly charged socio-political context."
Item Description:"This book is published by the UCR Sweeney Art Gallery and Smart Art Press on the occasion of the exhibition The Signs Pile Up: paintings by Pedro Álvarez, organized by the UCR Sweeney Art Gallery. The exhibition will be on view at the UCR Sweeney Art Gallery from January 26, 2008 to March 29, 2008."--Prelim. p.
Physical Description:143 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 32 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 134-135).
ISBN:9781889195575
188919557X