Making Art Concrete - Works from Argentina and Brazil in the Coleccion Patricia Phelps Cisneros Hardback
by Pia Gottschaller, Aleca Le Blanc, Zanna Gilbert, Tom Learner, Andrew Perchuk
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In the years after World War II, artists in Argentinaand Brazil experimented with geo- metric abstractionand engaged in lively debates about the role of theartwork in society.
Some of these artists used novelsynthetic materials, creating objects that offered analternative to established traditions in painting-proposing that these objects become part ofeveryday, concrete reality.
Combining art historicaland scientific analysis, experts from the GettyConservation Institute and Getty Research Instituteare collaborating with the Coleccio n Patricia Phelpsde Cisneros, a world-renowned collection of LatinAmerican art, to research the formal strategies andmaterial decisions of these artists working in theconcrete and neo-concrete vein.Making Art Concrete presents works by Lygia Clark,Willys de Castro, Judith Lauand, Rau l Lozza, Toma sMaldonado, He lio Oiticica, and Rhod Rothfuss, amongothers with new spectacular photography.
Thephotographs, along with information about the now-invisible processes that determine the appearance ofthese works, are key to interpreting the artists' technical choices as well as the objects themselves. Indeed, this volume sheds further light on the social, political, and cultural underpinnings of the artists' propositions, making a compelling addition to the field of postwar Latin American art.
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- Format:Hardback
- Pages:192 pages
- Publisher:Getty Trust Publications
- Publication Date:15/09/2017
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- ISBN:9781606065297
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:192 pages
- Publisher:Getty Trust Publications
- Publication Date:15/09/2017
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- ISBN:9781606065297