Painting Modernism

Title Page, Copyright, Dedication, Quotes

painting modernism SUNY series in LatiN americaN aNd iberiaN thoUght aNd cULtUre Jorge J. e. gracia and rosemary geisdorfer Feal, editors ivan a. Schulman state university of new york press painting modernism Cover art: Theoretical Icon (detail) from Duplicitous Icons series by John Michael Rusnak; 10 ft x 8.37 ft; abstract photography composed of India ink and stencil with overprinting on fiber based paper; 2011. Used by permission Published by Stat e U n IveRSI t y o f n ew yo Rk PReSS albany© 2014 State University of new york all rights reserved Printed in the United States of america no part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission. no part of this book may be stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means including electronic, electrostatic, magnetic tape, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise without the prior permission in writing of the publisher. for information, contact State University of new york Press www.sunypress.edu Production, Laurie Searl Marketing, kate McDonnell Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Schulman, Ivan a. Painting modernism / Ivan a. Schulman. pages cm. — (SUny series in Latin american and Iberian thought and Culture) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBn 978-1-4384-4951-7 (hardcover : alk. paper) 1. Modernism (Literature)—Latin america. 2. art and literature—Latin america. I. title. PQ6073.M6S34 2013 860.9'112—dc23 2013006240 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 To JMR, “vaso comunicante” illuminating the path of creativity To MPG, to whom I owe my dedication to the study of Latin American modernism if i could say it in words, there would be no reason to paint. —edward hoPPer hay mucho de pintura en la poesía, y hay mucho de poesía en la pintura . . . —rUbéN darío ...