The other Trans-Atlantic
Subtitle: kinetic and op art in Eastern Europe and Latin America
By: edited by Marta Dziewańska, Dieter Roelstraete, Abigail Winograd
Contributors: Muzeum Sztuki Nowoczesnej w Warszawie; Muzeĭ sovremennogo iskusstva "Garazh" (Moscow, Russia); Serviço Social do Comércio. Administração Regional no Estado de São Paulo
Series: The Museum under construction book series -- no 14; Museum under construction -- no. 14.
Publisher: Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw
Published: 2017
Place of publication: Warsaw
Language: eng
Number of pages: 357
ISBN-13: 9788364177422
Copyright date: 2017
Subjects: Kinetic art; Exhibitions; Optical art
Other titles: Kinetic and op art in Eastern Europe and Latin America; Other Transatlantic
Description: The Other Trans-Atlantic is attuned to the brief but historically significant moment in the postwar period between 1950 and 1970 when the trajectories of the Eastern European and Latin American art scenes converged in a shared enthusiasm for kinetic and Op art. As the established axis of Paris, London, and New York became increasingly dominated by a succession of ideological monocultures--such as the master concepts of gesture and expressionism, Pop, or minimalism--another web of ideas was being spun, linking the hubs of Warsaw, Moscow, and Zagreb with Buenos Aires, Caracas, and Saõ Paulo. These artistic practices were dedicated to a different set of aesthetic concerns: philosophies of art and culture dominated by notions of progress and science, the machine and engineering, construction and perception. This book presents a highly illustrated introduction to this significant transnational phenomenon in the visual arts.
Notes: "The book accompanies the exhibition ... organized by the Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw, in collaboration with Garage Museum of Contemporary Art in Moscow, and SESC, São Paulo ... presented in Warsaw from November 17, 2017 to February 11, 2018, and tours to Garage Museum of Contemporary Art in Moscow (March 17, 2018-to May 9, 2018), and SESC, São Paulo (July 25, 2018 to September 30, 2018)."--Colophon.

"Essays assembled in this book form part of a record generated in response to the internationsl conference ... organized at the Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw ... October 21-22, 2016. In addition, a number of original texts were commissioned especially for this publication"--Colophon.

Includes bibliographical references.