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GRAPHIC DESIGN AS ARTISTIC PRACTICE IN LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN: A HISTORICAL DEBT OF THE ART ECOSYSTEM

Graphic design is one of the most influential engines of contemporary visual culture in Latin America and the Caribbean. Its aesthetic, political, and social impact on the construction of identities and public spheres is undeniable. Yet its presence in the market and in the legitimizing structures of contemporary art continues to occupy a peripheral position.

By Emmanuel Cruz Lampón
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GRAPHIC DESIGN AS ARTISTIC PRACTICE IN LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN: A HISTORICAL DEBT OF THE ART ECOSYSTEM

By Emmanuel Cruz Lampón

Graphic design is one of the most influential engines of contemporary visual culture in Latin America and the Caribbean. Its aesthetic, political, and social impact on the construction of identities and public spheres is undeniable. Yet its presence in the market and in the legitimizing structures of contemporary art continues to occupy a peripheral position.

August 04, 2026
COLOMBIAN JOSÉ ROCA TO CURATE NEXT LJUBLJANA BIENNALE OF GRAPHIC ARTS

The 37th edition of the Slovenian event will approach print as technique, as a form of contact, transfer and inscription.

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COLOMBIAN JOSÉ ROCA TO CURATE NEXT LJUBLJANA BIENNALE OF GRAPHIC ARTS

The 37th edition of the Slovenian event will approach print as technique, as a form of contact, transfer and inscription.

GRAPHIC DESIGN, JUDGMENT, AND VISUAL CULTURE IN THE CARIBBEAN AND LATIN AMERICA

The visual culture of the Caribbean and Latin America cannot be understood as a homogeneous or stable system; it is a territory shaped by flows, displacements, and symbolic overlaps in which images not only circulate, but constantly negotiate their meaning. Within this configuration, graphic design occupies a particularly distinctive position, as it does not function merely as a tool of mediation, but rather as a practice of judgment that intervenes in how the region represents, interprets, and projects itself.

By Emmanuel Cruz Lampón
Reviews

GRAPHIC DESIGN, JUDGMENT, AND VISUAL CULTURE IN THE CARIBBEAN AND LATIN AMERICA

By Emmanuel Cruz Lampón

The visual culture of the Caribbean and Latin America cannot be understood as a homogeneous or stable system; it is a territory shaped by flows, displacements, and symbolic overlaps in which images not only circulate, but constantly negotiate their meaning. Within this configuration, graphic design occupies a particularly distinctive position, as it does not function merely as a tool of mediation, but rather as a practice of judgment that intervenes in how the region represents, interprets, and projects itself.

February 10, 2026