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Binding: HardcoverDewey Decimal Number: 708 EAN: 9780300089905 ISBN: 0300089902 Label: Harvard University Art Museums Manufacturer: Harvard University Art Museums Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 264 Publication Date: May 01, 2001 Publisher: Harvard University Art Museums Studio: Harvard University Art Museums Related Items:
Editorial Review: Product Description: 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. Average Rating:
 Rating: - A hitherto neglected area of modern art is coming to lightThe catalogue for a 2001 exhibition held at the Fogg Art Museum in Cambridge, MA, this book focuses on the largest private collection in the world of modern Latin American art, rich in Brazilian, Argentine and Venezuelian works. Divided into several essays (especially interesting are the one comparing Minimalism and Neo-Concretism and the one centered on the influence of Paris on the Latin American artists who stayed there)it is full of high-quality illustrations of rarely seen works (I discovered ... Read More 
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