Geometric abstraction
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.
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