Catalog published on occasion of the exhibition held at Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, May 24-Oct. 3, 2011 ; Serpentine Gallery, London, Dec. 7, 2011-Feb. 19, 2012 ; Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo, March 17-May 13, 2012. Includes bibliographical references.
Summary:
Brazilian artist Lygia Pape was a founding member of the Neo-Concrete movement, which was dedicated to the inclusion of art into everyday life. Her early work developed out of an interest in European abstraction; however, she and her contemporaries went beyond simply adopting an international style, and started to draw on their own local situation. Neo-Concretism is often seen as the beginning of contemporary art in Brazil.
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