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Radical geometry : modern art of South America from the Patricia Phelps de Cisneros Collection.

Contributor(s): Publication details: London : Royal Academy of Arts, c2014.Description: 175 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour), facsimiles (black and white), map (black and white) ; 26 cmISBN:
  • 9781907533693
  • 9781907533709
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Contents:
Radical geometry : an introduction / Gabriel Pérez-Barreiro -- Cities of abstract art : urban journeys through South America / María Amalia García -- Signals London, signals Latin America / Isobel Whitelegg -- Catalogue plates -- Uruguay, Argentina / Adrian Locke -- Brazil / Adrian Locke -- Venezuela / Adrian Locke -- Biographies of the artists / Sara Meadows.
Summary: The Colección Patricia Phelps de Cisneros is the foremost collection of geometric abstract art from Latin America. From the 1930s through the 1970s distinct artistic movements emerged in the cities of Montevideo, Buenos Aires, Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro and Caracas that explored innovative forms of expression reflecting the new optimism sweeping the continent. This volume explores the ways in which the artists of these cities heralded the promise of a bright, modern future by creating a commensurate visual language to capture this positive spirit.

Exhibition held at the Royal Academy of Arts, London, 5 July - 28 September 2014.

"Exhibition curators: Gabriel Pérez-Barreiro, Adrian Locke with Sarah Lea"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Radical geometry : an introduction / Gabriel Pérez-Barreiro -- Cities of abstract art : urban journeys through South America / María Amalia García -- Signals London, signals Latin America / Isobel Whitelegg -- Catalogue plates -- Uruguay, Argentina / Adrian Locke -- Brazil / Adrian Locke -- Venezuela / Adrian Locke -- Biographies of the artists / Sara Meadows.

The Colección Patricia Phelps de Cisneros is the foremost collection of geometric abstract art from Latin America. From the 1930s through the 1970s distinct artistic movements emerged in the cities of Montevideo, Buenos Aires, Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro and Caracas that explored innovative forms of expression reflecting the new optimism sweeping the continent. This volume explores the ways in which the artists of these cities heralded the promise of a bright, modern future by creating a commensurate visual language to capture this positive spirit.