Geometric Abstraction – Latin American Art from the Patricia Phelps de Cisneros Collection (Elgar Companions to the Built Environment series) - Hardcover

Bois, Yves–alain

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0300089902 ISBN 13: 9780300089905

Publisher: Yale University Press, 2001

Synopsis

Language: English, spanish - 300 pages - - Widely praised for its fine collection of Latin American geometric abstract art, the Coleccion Patricia Phelps de Cisneros of Caracas, Venezuela, contains the compelling work of such leading artists as Uruguayan Joaquin Torres-Garcia, Brazilians Lygia Clark and Helio Oiticica, Venezuelans Gego and Jesus Rafael Soto, and Argentinians Tomas Maldonado, Raul Lozza, and Alfredo Hlito. This lavishly illustrated book presents a selection of more than eighty paintings, drawings, and sculptures from the Cisneros collection, representing some two dozen Latin American artists. The works were completed between 1934 and 1988, but the vast majority date from the 'heroic' years of geometric abstraction, 1948-1966. This special bilingual volume explores in both English and Spanish the history and importance of the major movements that were dedicated to geometric abstraction. These movements include Concretism and Neo-Concretism in Brazil, Constructivism in Uruguay, the Madi Group and Concrete artists in Argentina, and Kinetic Abstraction and Neo-Constructivism in Venezuela. The book also offers biographies of the artists and an intriguing selection of their statements and manifestos. This catalogue accompanies an exhibition from the Cisneros Collection at Harvard's Fogg Art Museum from 3 March to 21 October 2001.

About this title

Synopsis:

Widely praised for its fine collection of Latin American geometric abstract art, the Coleccion Patricia Phelps de Cisneros of Caracas, Venezuela, contains the compelling work of such leading artists as Uruguayan Joaquin Torres-Garcia, Brazilians Lygia Clark and Helio Oiticica, Venezuelans Gego and Jesus Rafael Soto, and Argentinians Tomas Maldonado, Raul Lozza, and Alfredo Hlito. This lavishly illustrated book presents a selection of more than eighty paintings, drawings, and sculptures from the Cisneros collection, representing some two dozen Latin American artists. The works were completed between 1934 and 1988, but the vast majority date from the 'heroic' years of geometric abstraction, 1948-1966. This special bilingual volume explores in both English and Spanish the history and importance of the major movements that were dedicated to geometric abstraction. These movements include Concretism and Neo-Concretism in Brazil, Constructivism in Uruguay, the Madi Group and Concrete artists in Argentina, and Kinetic Abstraction and Neo-Constructivism in Venezuela. The book also offers biographies of the artists and an intriguing selection of their statements and manifestos.

This catalogue accompanies an exhibition from the Cisneros Collection at Harvard's Fogg Art Museum from 3 March to 21 October 2001.

About the Author:

Yve-Alain Bois is Joseph Pulitzer, Jr., Professor of Modern Art at Harvard University. Mary Schneider Enriquez is an independent curator and art critic. Paulo Herkenhoff is adjunct curator, department of painting and sculpture, The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Ariel Jiminez is curator at the Patricia Phelps de Cisneros Collection, Caracas. Luis Perez Oramas is curator at the Patricia Phelps Collection, Caracas.

About this edition

• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0300089902
• ISBN 13: 9780300089905
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 264