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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Biennial Advisory Committee: Rodoldo Abularach, Myrna Baez, Antonio Frasconi, Liliana Porter, Omar Rayo, Marius Sznajderman Catalog Coordination: Marie R. Spiller Catalog Essay: Luis Camnitzer Commemorative Poster: Elba Demast and Peter Mackie, Mackie & Damast Associates Jurors: Sylvan Cole, Director, Sylvan Cole Gallery, NYC Ofelia Garcia, President, The Atlanta College of Art, Atlanta, GA Andrew Stasik, Gallery Director, Silvermine Guild Center for the Arts, New Canaan, CT Barry Walker, Associate Curator, The Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn NY Photography: Juan Gomez-Quiroz, Marcelo Montealegre Poster and Catalog Design: Jose Luis Ortiz Printing: John Bruno Typesetting: Carolina Gonzalez, Association of Hispanic Arts Kathy Duncan, The Dancing Typesetter Essay by Marta Traba reprinted by the generous permission of the Organization of American States and the Museum of Modern Art of Latin America, Washington, DC STATEMENT BY THE JURY OF AWARDS The jurors viewed the exhibition individually, each making preliminary selection of ten artists. The lists were compared and a group of nine finalists were chosen. We then viewed the exhibition as a group and unanimously agreed upon the six finalists. After considerable discussion we decided to acknowledge all six artists. We felt that three artists stood out and should be recognized with substantial awards: Antonio Martorell for the scale and abition of the woodcut Adam and Eve V, Liliana Porter for her creative approach to illusion and reality, and Ricardo Benaim for his sophisticated combination of torn paper, collage, and embossing. We felt that the other three prize winners, although previously unknown to use, deserve recognition for the quality of the work presented. Those included are Elba Damast (Venezuela), Nunik Sauret (Mexico) and Eugenio Dittborn (Chile) JURORS Sylvan Cole - Director, Sylvan Cole Gallery, New York, NY Ofelia Garcia - President, The Atlanta College of Art, Atlanta, GA Andrew Stasik - Gallery Director, Silvermine Guild Center for the Arts, New Canaan, CT Barry Walker - Associate Curator, The Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY