Ilona Katzew discusses a casta painting in Art and Imagination in Spanish America, 1500-1800

While acknowledging the profound violence that marked the process of conquest and colonization, Art and Imagination in Spanish America 1500-1800, Highlights from LACMA's Collection explores the intricate social, economic, and artistic dynamics of these societies that led to the creation of astounding new artworks-many shipped to other locales in their own day.
Spanish America was neither a homogeneous nor a monolithic entity, and local artists, including those who remain unidentified, were not passive absorbers of foreign traditions. While acknowledging the profound violence that marked the process of conquest and colonization, this exhibition explores the intricate social, economic, and artistic dynamics of these societies that led to the creation of astounding new artworks-many shipped to other locales in their own day. This exhibition of paintings, sculptures, and decorative arts underscores the generative power of Spanish America and its central position as a global crossroads. The works are drawn from the Los Angeles County Museum of Art’s notable collection of Spanish colonial art, which has largely been formed in the last fifteen years.

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