"Exhibition catalogue that documents through the critical reconsideration of the Salón de Arte Moderno, the Biblioteca Luis Angel Arango important contributions to Columbian artistic, cultural and social context during the last 5 decades. Curators Suárez and Calderón Schrader recovered the majority of the art pieces exhibited in 1957 in the pioneer event that included emerging artist that later would become well-known names: Fernando Botero, Edgar Negret and Eduardo Ramírez Villamizar amongst others. Includes critic texts by expert art historians Jorge Orlando Melo, Álvaro Medina, Carmen Maria Jaramillo, Nicolás Gómez, Felipe González, Natalia Paillie and Julián Serra"--Provided by vendor.