Description
Book SynopsisTrade Review"
The Noisemakers is a totally appropriate qualifier to make known to a broader profile of readers the international echoes of the first Mexican avant-garde. In a rigorous academic investigation, the author in six chapters takes a complete tour through the history of the architects of the movement, their intellectual connections, their affinities and differences, their field of action, and collaborative practices." * Latin American and Latinx Visual Culture *
"Lynda Klich’s
The Noisemakers offers a deep and nuanced investigation of the relationship between local post-revolutionary visual languages, the international avant-garde, and Estridentismo—a multi-disciplinary group of visual and performing artists, poets, writers, and musicians that emerged in 1921 in Mexico. Her work broadens our understanding of the historical moment that nurtured the Estridentista, situates them solidly within both local and international avant-garde contexts, and skillfully positions Estridentismo as part of a broad program for societal reform in 1920s Mexico." * Art Inquiries *
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments / ix
Introduction / 1
1. The Invention of the Vanguardia / 15
2. Actual No. 1’s Mexican Nexus, circa 1921 / 47
3. Public Art, the Vanguardia, and the Postrevolutionary Body / 87
4. Estridentista Portraits: Forging Vanguardia Identity / 124
5. Art as Action / 164
6. Estridentópolis: Vanguardia and the State / 217
Epilogue / 268
Notes / 273
Bibliography / 309
List of Illustrations / 327
Index / 333
