CECIL

Cahiers d'études des cultures ibériques et latino-

américaines
10 | 2024
Foyers d’incendie. Héritages, mutations et dissidences
du surréalisme en Amérique latine, de 1940 à nos jours

The Sculpture of Agustín Cárdenas at the

Confluence of Surrealist and Latin American
Artistic Currents
La sculpture d’Agustín Cárdenas à la confluence du surréalisme et de l’art de
l’Amérique latine
La escultura de Agustín Cárdenas en la confluencia del movimiento surrealista y
del arte de América Latina

Susan L. Power

Electronic version
URL: https://journals.openedition.org/cecil/5029
DOI: 10.4000/cecil.5029
ISSN: 2428-7245

Publisher
Université Paul Valéry Montpellier 3

Electronic reference
Susan L. Power, “The Sculpture of Agustín Cárdenas at the Confluence of Surrealist and Latin
American Artistic Currents ”, CECIL [Online], 10 | 2024, Online since 15 February 2024, connection on 18
April 2024. URL: http://journals.openedition.org/cecil/5029 ; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4000/cecil.5029

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