Making Art Concrete: Works from Argentina and Brazil in the Colecci Patricia Phelps de Cisneros (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781606065297)

In the years after World War II, artists in Argentina and Brazil experimented with geo-metric abstraction and engaged in lively debates about the role of the artwork in society. Some of these artists used novel synthetic materials, creating objects that offered an alternative to established traditions in painting--proposing that these objects become part of everyday, concrete reality. Combining art historical and scientific analysis, experts from the Getty Conservation Institute and Getty Research Institute are collaborating with the Colecci n Patricia Phelps de Cisneros, a world-renowned collection of Latin American art, to research the formal strategies and material decisions of these artists working in the concrete and neo-concrete vein.

Making Art Concrete presents works by Lygia Clark, Willys de Castro, Judith Lauand, Ra l Lozza, H lio Oiticica, and Rhod Rothfuss, among others, with spectacu-lar new photography. The photographs, along with information about the now-invisible processes that determine the appearance of these 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.

Author: Pia Gottschaller, Aleca Le Blanc
ISBN-10: 1606065297
ISBN-13: 9781606065297
Publisher: Getty Conservation Institute
Language: English
Published: 09/16/2017
Pages: 152
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 2.20lbs
Size: 10.20h x 9.70w x 0.60d