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This Must Be the Place: Latin American Artists in New York, 1965–1975

Americas Society (AS) / Council of the Americas (COA)

September 22, 2021–May 14, 2022

Installation view: This Must Be the Place: Latin American Artists in New York, 1965–1975, 2021-2022, Americas Society (AS)/Council of the Americas (COA), New York,NY

Installation view: This Must Be the Place: Latin American Artists in New York, 1965–1975, 2021-2022, Americas Society (AS)/Council of the Americas (COA), New York,NY

Installation view: This Must Be the Place: Latin American Artists in New York, 1965–1975, 2021-2022, Americas Society (AS)/Council of the Americas (COA), New York,NY

Installation view: This Must Be the Place: Latin American Artists in New York, 1965–1975, 2021-2022, Americas Society (AS)/Council of the Americas (COA), New York,NY

Installation view: This Must Be the Place: Latin American Artists in New York, 1965–1975, 2021-2022, Americas Society (AS)/Council of the Americas (COA), New York,NY

Installation view: This Must Be the Place: Latin American Artists in New York, 1965–1975, 2021-2022, Americas Society (AS)/Council of the Americas (COA), New York,NY

Christmas card from the New York Graphic Workshop, 1968.

Christmas card from the New York Graphic Workshop, 1968.

Reconstitución de una rama de roble con aserrín de pino, 1974-1975, Mixed media, 13 5/8 x 9 6/8 x 1 6/8 in

Reconstitución de una rama de roble con aserrín de pino, 1974-1975, Mixed media, 13 5/8 x 9 6/8 x 1 6/8 in
(34.92 x 25.08 x 4.76 cm)

Text Drawing, 1973, Engraved aluminum, 54 1/8 x 26 7/8 in (137.48 x 68.53 cm)

Text Drawing, 1973, Engraved aluminum, 54 1/8 x 26 7/8 in (137.48 x 68.53 cm)

Press Release

Luis Camnitzers`s group exhibition This Must Be the Place: Latin American Artists in New York, 1965–1975 curated by Aimé Iglesias Lukin at Americas Society (AS) / Council of the Americas (COA) New York, NY.

The institution's press release follows: 


Americas Society presents This Must Be the Place: Latin American Artists in New York, 1965–1975, a two-part group exhibition exploring the work of a generation of migrants who created and exhibited in New York City between 1965 and 1975. Featuring installation, photography, video art, painting, and archival material, the exhibition brings together a generation that actively participated in experimental artistic movements while pushing forward their own visual languages and ideas, with works exploring topics of migration, identity, politics, exile, and nostalgia. Additionally, the exhibition highlights the important contributions and solidarity initiatives of groups and collectives, testimony of these artists effort to create community and to forge a space for themselves.