{"product_id":"radical-form-megan-a-sullivan-9780300254020","title":"Radical Form: Modernist Abstraction in South America","description":"\u003cb\u003eA timely reassessment of some of the most daring projects of abstraction from South America \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Sullivan's close reading, contextual sensitivity and sidestepping of grand simplifying narratives make this book an extremely valuable addition to the growing literature on art from regions outside the classic mainstream.\"--Gabriel P駻ez-Barreiro, \u003ci\u003eArt Newspaper\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Emphasizing the open-ended and self-critical nature of the projects of abstraction in South America from the 1930s through the mid-1960s, this important new volume focuses on the artistic practices of Joaqu? Torres-Garc?, Tom疽 Maldonado, Alejandro Otero, and Lygia Clark. Megan A. Sullivan positions the adoption of modernist abstraction by South American artists as part of a larger critique of the economic and social transformations caused by Latin America's state-led programs of rapid industrialization. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Sullivan thoughtfully explores the diverse ways this skepticism of modernization and social and political change was expressed. Ultimately, the book makes it clear that abstraction in South America was understood not as an artistic style to be followed but as a means to imagine a universalist mode of art, a catalyst for individual and collective agency, and a way to express a vision of a better future for South American society.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Megan A. Sullivan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0300254024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780300254020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Yale University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/23\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 232\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.90h x 8.20w x 0.90d","brand":"Megan A. Sullivan","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44057816531199,"sku":"9780300254020","price":65.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e019a1f7-5db3-44dd-bb64-e5683eefc174.jpg?v=1685049034","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/radical-form-megan-a-sullivan-9780300254020","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}