Ariel Jiménez - Modern synchronies and anachronisms in Latin America
The Other Transatlantic. Theorizing Kinetic & Op Art in Central & Eastern Europe and Latin America

"The Other Transaltantic. Kinetic & Op Art in Central & Eastern Europe and Latin America" is a project in which we look at a brief, but historically significant moment in the post-war period (between 50s and 70s) when the trajectories of the Central and Eastern European art scenes on the one hand and their Latin American counterparts on the other converged in the shared enthusiasm for Kinetic and Op Art.

Lecture "Modern synchronies and anachronisms in Latin America" by Ariel Jiménez.

Ariel Jiménez

is a historian and independent curator of modern and contemporary art. He studied art history and archeology at the Sorbonne in Paris, and has curated numerous exhibitions and lectured in both public and private institutions throughout the Americas. He was Chief Curator of the Colección Patricia Phelps de Cisneros (CPPC) for fifteen years (1997–2011), Director and Chief Curator of the Museo de Arte Moderno Jesús Soto in Ciudad Bolívar (2004-2006), Director of the Sala Mendoza in Caracas (1989-1997), Assistant Researcher for the Art Department of the Instituto Internacional de Estudios Avanzados (IDEA) in Caracas (1986-1989) and Director of the Department of Education and Audiovisual Media at the Museo de Arte Contemporáneo in Caracas (1984-1986). He has published extensively about Venezuelan and Latin American art, including "La primacía del color" (Caracas: Monte Ávila Editores, 1992); "He vivido por los ojos. Correspondencia Alejandro Otero/Alfredo Boulton 1946– 1974" (Caracas: Fundación Alberto Vollmer and Fundación Museo Alejandro Otero, 2001); "Conversaciones con Jesús Soto" (Caracas: Fundación Cisneros, 2001); "Soto" (Caracas: Fundación Jesús Soto and Fundación Banco de Venezuela, 2007); "Alfredo Boulton and his Contemporaries: Critical Dialogues in Venezuelan Art 1912-1974" (New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 2008); "Carlos Cruz-Diez in conversation with/en conversación con Ariel Jiménez" (New York: Fundación Cisneros, 2010); "Jesús Soto in conversation with/en conversación con Ariel Jiménez" (New York: Fundación Cisneros, 2011); "Ferreira Gullar in conversation with/en conversación con Ariel Jiménez" (New York: Fundación Cisneros, 2012), "Roberto Obregón en tres tiempos" (Caracas: Colección C&FE, 2013); "Waltercio Caldas in conversation with/en conversación con Ariel Jiménez" (New York: Fundación Cisneros, 2016) and "Dolor Cifrado/Roberto Obregón o una estética de los inconmensurables" (Caracas: Fundación Seguros Venezuela. To be published in 2017).