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Menene Gras Balaguer's new book on Manuel Ocampo deals with more than three decades of the artist’s career, from the late 80s to the present. “Fear of a Kitsch Existence” refers to how Ocampo believe his artwork should be considered, although he leaves it open to interpretation. Balaguer has gathered around three hundred images of his artwork, some of which act as key representations of a postcolonial discourse that it is clearly explicit through all his work. This volume aims to make accessible an art work that is not always easy to understand, despite the apparent popularity of the images and their relationships to a very familiar iconography. As an illegitimate son, or a “bastard" as he calls himself and the artists of his generation, he had to appropriate the ability to misrepresent reality in order to be a free individual.

La autora, colaboradora de La Nación, ha publicado ensayos,reportajes y poesía, entre ellos: "Borges, sus días y su tiempo", "Desde la niebla". Aquí recrea la figura de la primera académica de las letras, directora de Sur y amiga de intelectuales argentinos y extranjeros.

Victoria Ocampo fue una mujer clave en la cultura argentinae hispanoamericana del siglo XX. Fundadora de la legendariarevista "Sur" y de la editorial del mismo nombre, frecuentoa los mas importantes escritores e intelectuales de la epoca, como Ortega y Gasset, Rabindranath Tagore, Virginia Woolf, Andre Malraux, Jorge Luis Borges, Gabriela Mistral y Eduardo Mallea. Seductora, autoritaria, generosa, conjugo belleza, inteligencia y fortuna. En este libro Vazquez evoca su vida intensa y apasionada. La autora es escritora y periodista,con una amplia obra que abarca poesia, narrativa, biografia.

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Menene Gras Balaguer's new book on Manuel Ocampo deals with more than three decades of the artist’s career, from the late 80s to the present. “Fear of a Kitsch Existence” refers to how Ocampo believe his artwork should be considered, although he leaves it open to interpretation. Balaguer has gathered around three hundred images of his artwork, some of which act as key representations of a postcolonial discourse that it is clearly explicit through all his work. This volume aims to make accessible an art work that is not always easy to understand, despite the apparent popularity of the images and their relationships to a very familiar iconography. As an illegitimate son, or a “bastard" as he calls himself and the artists of his generation, he had to appropriate the ability to misrepresent reality in order to be a free individual.

A beautiful collection of the "metamorphic" art of one one of Mexico's most prolific artists Octavio Ocampo works primarily in the metamorphic style, using a technique of superimposing and juxtaposing realistic and figurative details within the images that he creates. Ocampo is known for his sometimes wryly sardonic, sometimes evocative paintings in which detailed images are intricately woven together to create larger images—the optical illusions fading back and stepping forward as the viewer studies the pieces, notices the details, and finally recognizes the large-scale intention.

This book is an homage paid to one of the top legendary symbols of Argentine culture on the twenty-fifth anniversary of her death. Conceived in six chapters, it is a collection of amazing material, such as photographs and letters, as well as statements never disclosed before. By means of an enjoyable and detailed review of Victoria Ocampo's life, we learn about her conflictive relationship with the writer Jorge Luis Borges, her forbidden love affairs, and the role the magazine Sur played in the culture of that time.

This book is an homage paid to one of the top legendary symbols of Argentine culture on the twenty-fifth anniversary of her death. Conceived in six chapters, it is a collection of amazing material, such as photographs and letters, as well as statements never disclosed before. By means of an enjoyable and detailed review of Victoria Ocampo's life, we learn about her conflictive relationship with the writer Jorge Luis Borges, her forbidden love affairs, and the role the magazine Sur played in the culture of that time.

La autora, colaboradora de La Nación, ha publicado ensayos,reportajes y poesía, entre ellos: "Borges, sus días y su tiempo", "Desde la niebla". Aquí recrea la figura de la primera académica de las letras, directora de Sur y amiga de intelectuales argentinos y extranjeros.

A beautiful collection of the "metamorphic" art of one one of Mexico's most prolific artists Octavio Ocampo works primarily in the metamorphic style, using a technique of superimposing and juxtaposing realistic and figurative details within the images that he creates. Ocampo is known for his sometimes wryly sardonic, sometimes evocative paintings in which detailed images are intricately woven together to create larger images—the optical illusions fading back and stepping forward as the viewer studies the pieces, notices the details, and finally recognizes the large-scale intention.

214 p. ; 26x20 cms. Ilustraciones en color (GR)

Softcover. 90 pages. Measures 6 1/2 by 9 inches. Includes 20 color illustrations of cartoons by Chagoya and Ocampo, exhibit checklist, biography / chronology of the artist and bibliography. Fine.

Silvina Ocampo (1903-93), author of seven volumes of poetry and more than three hundred short stories, was a member of Argentina's Sur generation, the extraordinary group of writers who initiated Latin America's literary boom. Like her most distinguished contemporary, Jorge Luis Borges, Silvina Ocampo is known for her interest in the supernatural. In contrast to Borges, however, her characters are frequently women or little girls who challenge notions of female propriety at every turn. Ocampo's stories often portray a world of every-day banality in which violence, sexual transgression, and hints of the supernatural combine to question the reader's expectations of female power, freedom and creativity. The selections in this volume trace the female characters of Ocampo's stories from the entirety of her literary production. They are arranged in chronological order so that the evolution of her style is visible. One can perceive, for instance, that her early interest in surrealism returns later in her life. The uncanny sense that there is something going on beneath the surface of her narratives is a characteristic of all of them. Silvina Ocampo has for too long been a kind of insider secret for the literati of her generation. She deserves to be more widely understood as a significant contributor to the innovations of her circle, that of Borges, Bioy Casares, José Bianco and Julio Cortazar. She also deserves to take her place among the more famous Latin American women writers of her day, María Luisa Bombal (Chile), Armonia Somers (Uruguay), Rosario Castellanos, Elena Garro (Mexico) and Clarice Lispector (Brazil). She is clearly one of the twentieth century's most original voices.

This book tells the story of Sur, Argentina's foremost literary and cultural journal of the twentieth century. Victoria Ocampo (its founder and lifelong editor) and Jorge Luis Borges (a regular and influential contributor) feature prominently in the story, while the contributions of other major writers (including Eduardo Mallea, William Faulkner, André Breton, Virginia Woolf, Alfonso Reyes, Octavio Paz, Waldo Frank, Aldous Huxley and Graham Greene) are discussed. Politically speaking, Sur represented a certain brand of liberalism, a resistance to populism and mass culture, and an attachment to elitist values which offended against the more dominant phases of Argentine thought, from Peronism to the varied forms of nationalism, socialism and Marxism. Dr King examines the journal's roots, its development and its demise, relating it to other journals circulating at the time, and highlighting vital issues debated in its pages, such as Argentine attitudes towards fascism during the Second World War.

Brilliant second studio album from all star ska-jazz-reggae act from New York. The core line-up consists of NYC reggae/ska veterans, most notably Jamaican percussion legend LARRY McDONALD, guitarist ANDY BASSFORD, EDDIE OCAMPO, BIG DAN JESSELSOHN, BUFORD O'SULLIVAN, GIDDEON BLUMEBTHAL, and RICH GRAIKO, who co-founder the group to pay homage to 1960's era Jamaican and American instrumental music.

Barcelona. 19 cm. XXIX, 368 p. Encuadernación en tapa blanda de editorial ilustrada. Colección 'Marginales', 85. Dickinson, Emily 1830-1886. Selección y traducción de Silvina Ocampo ; prólogo de Jorge Luis Borges. Ocampo, Silvina. 1906-1993 .. Este libro es de segunda mano y tiene o puede tener marcas y señales de su anterior propietario. ISBN: 84-7223-085-6

Brooke de Ocampo invites us back into the homes of Bright Young Things, only this time she opens the doors to London's most stylish and enterprising trendsetters. Bright Young Things London is the highly anticipated follow-up to the successful New York edition. This lush, elegant book is an enthralling journey through the homes of the most envied and emulated residents of one of the world's most envied and emulated residents of one of the world's most exciting cities. Step inside the fabulous lives of 40 architects, artists, designers, and writers to discover why they embody everything London is known for: wit, cutting-edge style, and glamour. Along with elegant photographs by Vanity Fair photographer Jonathan Becker are intimate anecdotes written by the people who know these bright young things best: Claus von Bulow writes about his daughter Cosima; Ewan and Eve MacGregor rave about the home David Adjaye designed for them; Michael Kors fawns over his muse, Kim Hersov; and Paul Smith writes about Robert Violette. Bright Young Things London captures the spirit of the city while paying tribute to its international influences. It is just as addictive in London as it was in New York.

Silvina Ocampo (1903-93), author of seven volumes of poetry and more than three hundred short stories, was a member of Argentina's Sur generation, the extraordinary group of writers who initiated Latin America's literary boom. Like her most distinguished contemporary, Jorge Luis Borges, Silvina Ocampo is known for her interest in the supernatural. In contrast to Borges, however, her characters are frequently women or little girls who challenge notions of female propriety at every turn. Ocampo's stories often portray a world of every-day banality in which violence, sexual transgression, and hints of the supernatural combine to question the reader's expectations of female power, freedom and creativity. The selections in this volume trace the female characters of Ocampo's stories from the entirety of her literary production. They are arranged in chronological order so that the evolution of her style is visible. One can perceive, for instance, that her early interest in surrealism returns later in her life. The uncanny sense that there is something going on beneath the surface of her narratives is a characteristic of all of them. Silvina Ocampo has for too long been a kind of insider secret for the literati of her generation. She deserves to be more widely understood as a significant contributor to the innovations of her circle, that of Borges, Bioy Casares, José Bianco and Julio Cortazar. She also deserves to take her place among the more famous Latin American women writers of her day, María Luisa Bombal (Chile), Armonia Somers (Uruguay), Rosario Castellanos, Elena Garro (Mexico) and Clarice Lispector (Brazil). She is clearly one of the twentieth century's most original voices.

Readers investigate the cultural topics of each chapter in this anthology of readings by both new and established contemporary Latin American and Latino authors—including Gabriel Garcîa Mårquez, Pablo Neruda, and Silvina Ocampo. In this way, readers can analyze literary selections through discussion and short compositions, write creatively in Spanish, and expand their knowledge of Latin American and Latino culture. Offers new selections by well-known contemporary authors such as Sandra Cisneros, Gustavo Pérez Firmat, Angeles Mastretta, and more. Opens each chapter with a poem. Offers interviews or autobiographical essays with each author. Provides a new vocabulary section that contains useful Spanish expressions and terms. Ideal for readers with conversational Spanish skills who want to expand their knowledge of Latin American and Latino literature, or readers who want to increase their conversational and reading skills in Spanish.

Benjamin Fondane—who was born and educated in Romania, moved as an adult to Paris, lived for a time in Buenos Aires, where he was close to Victoria Ocampo, Jorge Luis Borges’s friend and publisher, and died in Auschwitz—was an artist and thinker who found in every limit, in every border, “a torture and a spur.” Poet, critic, man of the theater, movie director, Fondane was the most daring of the existentialists, a metaphysical anarchist, affirming individual against those great abstractions that limit human freedom—the State, History, the Law, the Idea. Existential Monday, the first selection of his philosophical work to appear in English, includes four of Fondane's most thought-provoking and important texts, "Existential Monday and the Sunday of History," "Preface for the Present Moment," "Man Before History" (co-translated by Andrew Rubens), and "Boredom." Here Fondane, until now little-known except to specialists, emerges as one of the enduring French philosophers of the twentieth century.