Abstraction in Reverse: The Reconfigured Spectator in Mid-Twentieth-Century Latin American Art

Language: English

Published by University of Chicago Press, 2017

022639395X / 9780226393957

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Hardcover volume, measuring approximately 7.5" x 10.5", is new, still in shrinkwrap. x/309 pages. "During the mid-twentieth century, Latin American artists working in several different cities radically altered the nature of modern art. Reimagining the relationship of art to its public, these artists granted the spectator an unprecedented role in the realization of the artwork. The first book to explore this phenomenon on an international scale, "Abstraction in Reverse" traces the movement as it evolved across South America and parts of Europe. Alexander Alberro demonstrates that artists such as Tomás Maldonado, Jesús Soto, Julio Le Parc, and Lygia Clark, in breaking with the core tenets of the form of abstract art known as Concrete art, redefined the role of both the artist and the spectator. Instead of manufacturing autonomous art, these artists produced artworks that required the presence of the spectator to be complete. Alberro also shows the various ways these artists strategically demoted regionalism in favor of a new modernist voice that transcended the traditions of the nation-state and contributed to a nascent globalization of the art world.".…

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Title
Abstraction in Reverse: The Reconfigured Spectator in Mid-Twentieth-Century Latin American Art
Author
Alexander Alberro
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Publication year
2017
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New
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Hardcover
Language
English
ISBN 10
022639395X
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9780226393957
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