Making art concrete : works from Argentina and Brazil in the Colección Patricia Phelps de Cisneros
Pia Gottschaller (Author, Editor), Aleca Le Blanc (Author, Editor), Zanna Gilbert (Editor), Tom Learner (Editor), Andrew Perchuk (Editor), Pacific Standard Time: LA/LA (Project), Getty Research Institute (Host institution, Issuing body, Organizer), Colección Patricia Phelps de Cisneros, Getty Conservation Institute (Organizer)
"In the years after World War II, artists in Argentina and Brazil experimented with geometric 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. They proposed that these objects become part of everyday, concrete reality--and they explored the materials and theoretical limits of that proposition. Combining art historical and scientific analysis, experts from the Getty Conservation Institute and Getty Research Institute have collaborated with the Colección Patricia Phelps de Cisneros, a world-renowned collection of Latin American art, to research the formal strategies and material decisions of these artists. Making Art Concrete presents artworks by Lygia Clark, Willys de Castro, Judith Lau and, Raúl Lozza, Tomás Maldonado, Hélio Oiticica, and Rhod Rothfuss, among others. New spectacular photography of the works captures multiple views. 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. Making Art Concrete 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"--Back cover
Print Book, English, 2017
The Getty Conservation Institute and the Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, 2017