Pop America Postcard

POp América, 1965–1975 SEPTEMBER 21 – DECEMBER 8, 2019

POp América, 1965–1975 SEPTEMBER 21 – DECEMBER 8, 2019 “Latin American Pop Art is finally getting its due.”

– BELatina Magazine

Pop América, 1965–1975 challenges and reframes familiar notions of Pop Art by bringing together artists from North, Central, and South America, as well as the United States and the Caribbean. Pop América is the first exhibition to unify Latin American and Latinx expressions of Pop and explore how its bold and colorful imagery, references to mass culture, and representations of everyday objects, signs, and symbols were embraced by artists working across the hemisphere. The exhibition makes a timely and critical contribution to a deeper understanding of this period and the impulses behind Pop Art from the mid-1960s through the mid1970s. Pop América features nearly 100 artworks by artists working in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Mexico, Peru, Puerto Rico, Venezuela, and the United States, sparking an expansion and reconsideration of Pop as a U.S. and British phenomenon Pop América, 1965–1975 desafía y replantea nociones familiares del Pop Art al reunir a artistas de América del Norte, Central y del Sur, así como de los Estados Unidos y el Caribe. Pop América es la primera exposición que unifica las expresiones latinoamericanas y latinx del Pop y explora cómo artistas trabajando por todo el hemisferio adoptaron sus atrevidas y coloridas imágenes, referencias a la cultura de masas y representaciones de objetos, signos y símbolos cotidianos. La exposición hace una contribución oportuna y crítica a una comprensión más profunda de este período y los impulsos detrás del arte Pop desde mediados de la década de 1960 hasta mediados de la década de 1970. Pop América cuenta con cerca de 100 obras de arte de artistas trabajando en Argentina, Brasil, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, México, Perú, Puerto Rico, Venezuela y los Estados Unidos, desatando una expansión y reconsideración del Pop como un fenómeno estadounidense y británico.

Pop América, 1965-1975 is co-organized by the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, and the McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, Texas. The exhibition is a recipient of the inaugural Sotheby’s Prize and is supported by The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts and the Institute for Studies on Latin American Art (ISLAA). This project is supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts and the Alumnae of Northwestern University.

FREE AND OPEN TO ALL The Block Museum of Art Northwestern University 40 Arts Circle Drive Evanston, IL 60208

@nublockmuseum 847. 491. 4000 blockmuseum.northwestern.edu

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Image: Hugo Rivera-Scott, Pop América [detail], 1968. Collage on cardboard, 30 x 21.5 inches (76.5 x 54.5 cm). Courtesy of the artist. © Hugo Rivera-Scott. Photo by Jorge Brantmayer.