Geometric Abstraction: Latin American Art from the Patricia Phelps de Cisneros Collection = Abstraccion Geometrica
Subtitle: Arte Latinoamericano en la Coleccion Patricia Phelps de Cisneros
Contributors: Fogg Art Museum (Corporate Author); Harvard University Art Museums (Corporate Author); Fundacion Cisneros (Corporate Author); Yve-Alain Bois (Editor)
Publisher: Harvard University Art Museums
Published: March 2001
Language: eng; spa
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 259
ISBN-13: 9781891771163
Subjects: History - General; Art & Art Instruction; 20th century; Art, Latin American; Caracas; Constructivism (Art); Exhibitions; Latin America; Private collections; Venezuela; Art
Description: Widely praised for its ﬁne collection of Latin American geometric abstract art, the Patricia Phelps de Cisneros Collection of Caracas, Venezuela, contains the compelling work of such leading artists as Uruguayan Joaquín Torres-García, Brazilians Lygia Clark and Hélio Oiticica, Venezuelans Gego and Jésus Rafael Soto, and Argentinians Tomás Maldonado, Raúl Lozza, and Alfredo Hlito. This lavishly illustrated book presents sixty-ﬁve paintings, drawings, and sculptures from the Cisneros Collection that was on exhibition at the Fogg Museum from March 3 to November 4, 2001.

This bilingual (English and Spanish) volume explores the history and importance of the major movements that were dedicated to geometric abstraction. These include concretism and neoconcretism in Brazil, constructivism in Uruguay, the Madí Group and concrete artists in Argentina, and kineticism in Venezuela. The book also oﬀers biographies of the twenty-six artists and an intriguing selection of their statements and manifestos.