Andrés Montenegro is studying the work of Francis Alÿs, Santiago Sierra and Tania Bruguera as part of his PhD at the University of Essex and is being supported by the Institute for Studies on Latin American Art (ISLAA) to travel to New York to take part in a discussion on the grotesque at the prestigious 101st Annual Conference of the College Art Association. Find out more about ISLAA's support for work at Essex here: http://bit.ly/essex_islaa