Sur moderno : journeys of abstraction, The Patricia Phelps de Cisneros gift / edited by Inés Katzenstein, María Amalia García ; with Karen Grimson, Michaëla de Lacaze.
Catalog of an exhibition held at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, October 21, 2019-March 15, 2020. Includes work by artists: Hécules Barsotti, Aluisio Carvão, Amílcar de Castro, Willys de Castro, Lygia Clark, Waldemar Cordeiro, Carlos Cruz-Diez, Eugenio Espinoza, Hermelindo Fiaminghi, María Freire, Gego (Gertrud Goldschmidt), Carlos González Bogen, Elsa Gramcko, Alfredo Hlito, Gyula Kosice, Judith Lauand, Gerd Leufert, Raúl Lozza, Tomás Maldonado, Juan Melé, Rubén Núñez, Hélio Oiticica, Alejandro Otero, Abraham Palatnik, Lygia Pape, Rhod Rothfuss, Mira Schendel, Antonieta Sosa, Jesús Rafael Soto, Joaquín Torres-García, and Rubem Valentim. Includes bibliographical references (pages 214-217).
Contents:
Introduction / Inés Katzenstein. Introduction / Inés Katzenstein and María Amalia García -- An interview with Luis Pérez-Oramas / Glenn D. Lowry -- Artworks as artifacts, artworks as manifestos : plates -- Bodies of/or things / Irene V. Small -- Persistent forms: connections between inventionist and neo-concrete art / María Amalia García -- Between wall and city: geometric abstraction's local contingency / Mónica Amor -- Modern as abstract : plates -- An interview with Luis Pérez-Oramas / Inés Katzenstein.
Summary:
Sur moderno: Journeys of Abstraction' explores the abstract and Concrete art movements that flourished in South America between the mid-1940s and the late 1970s in light of the profound cultural transformations that gave rise to them. Published in conjunction with a major exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, 'Sur moderno' features work by artists from Argentina, Uruguay, Brazil and Venezuela (including Lidy Prati, Tomás Maldonado, Rhod Rothfuss, Lygia Clark, Hélio Oiticica, Jesús Rafael Soto and Alejandro Otero), who advanced the achievements of early-20th-century geometric abstraction and built a new modern vision of the region. This richly illustrated volume highlights a selection of works gifted to MoMA by Patricia Phelps de Cisneros between 1997 and 2016, a donation that has had a transformative impact on the Museum's holdings of Latin American art. The Cisneros Modern Collection, which includes paintings, sculptures and works on paper, allows for in-depth study of the art produced in the region at mid-century, enabling the Museum to represent a more comprehensive, plural, and robust narrative of artistic practices and to demonstrate the integral role Latin America played in the development of modern art. Exhibition: Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA (21.10.2019-15.03.2020).
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