Refined material : petroculture and modernity in Venezuela /

Beginning with the oil blowout in 1922 that is considered the moment that marked Venezuela's entry into a 'modern' era, Refined Material explores the integral relationship between Venezuelan oil industry and artistic production. In this groundbreaking study, Sean Nesselrode Moncada ex...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Nesselrode Moncada, Sean, 1986- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Berkeley : University of California Press, [2023].
Series:	Studies on Latin American art ; 8.
Subjects:	Art and industry > Venezuela > 20th century. Petroleum industry and trade > Social aspects > Venezuela > 20th century. Cultural fusion and the arts > Venezuela > 20th century. Community development > Venezuela > History > 20th century. Arts, Venezuelan > 20th century.

Table of Contents:

Introduction : the alchemy of refinement
Designing oil
Refining Amuay
Building the vista
Vibrating nature
Killing the well
Epilogue : the ooze of history.