César A. Martínez, The Scream in South Texas: La Llorona, 1992, Signed on the reverse, Mixed media on metal and wood, 24.75 x 42.75 in, 62.9 x 108.6 cm
Like most exhibitions built around roomy, broad-spectrum themes, ''Ceremony
of Spirit: Nature and Memory in Contemporary Latino Art'' at the Studio
Museum in Harlem cannot count sharp conceptual focus among its virtues.
What it offers instead is a gathering of strong individual artists whose work is
helping to define the complex range of contemporary Hispanic art flourishing in
the United States today.
The show, which originated at the Mexican Museum in San Francisco four years
ago and has been on the road since, was organized by the California artist
Amalia Mesa-Bains. The 16 artists included have roots in Mexico, Chile, Brazil,
Panama and the Caribbean, but all of them now live in the United States.
Featured artists include: César A. Martínez
