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Abstraction in Reverse: The Reconfigured Spectator in Mid-Twentieth-Century Latin American Art
Alexander Alberro
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Description for Abstraction in Reverse: The Reconfigured Spectator in Mid-Twentieth-Century Latin American Art
Hardcover. Num Pages: 368 pages, 58 color plates, 17 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KL; 3JJ; ACXD9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 177. .
During the mid-twentieth century, Latin American artists working in several different cities radically altered the nature of modern art. Reimagining the relationship of art to its public, these artists granted the spectator a greater role than ever before in the realization of the artwork. The first book to explore this phenomenon on an international scale, Abstraction in Reverse traces the movement as it evolved across South America and parts of Europe. Alexander Alberro demonstrates that artists such as Tomas Maldonado, Jesus Soto, Julio Le Parc, and Lygia Clark, in breaking with the core tenets of the form of abstract art ... Read more
During the mid-twentieth century, Latin American artists working in several different cities radically altered the nature of modern art. Reimagining the relationship of art to its public, these artists granted the spectator a greater role than ever before in the realization of the artwork. The first book to explore this phenomenon on an international scale, Abstraction in Reverse traces the movement as it evolved across South America and parts of Europe. Alexander Alberro demonstrates that artists such as Tomas Maldonado, Jesus Soto, Julio Le Parc, and Lygia Clark, in breaking with the core tenets of the form of abstract art ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Weight
28g
Number of Pages
368
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226393957
SKU
V9780226393957
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About Alexander Alberro
Alexander Alberro is the Virginia Wright Professor of Modern and Contemporary Art History at Barnard College and Columbia University.
Reviews for Abstraction in Reverse: The Reconfigured Spectator in Mid-Twentieth-Century Latin American Art
Alberro's impressive approach to post-Concrete Latin American art sets the stage for a new understanding of modernity as it demonstrates how artists, by reconceiving the spectatorial functioning of abstraction, critically dismantled the modern myth of art autonomy.
Luis P rez-Oramas, Latin American Art Curator, The Museum of Modern Art In this stimulating book Alexander Alberro mines fields well known ... Read more
Luis P rez-Oramas, Latin American Art Curator, The Museum of Modern Art In this stimulating book Alexander Alberro mines fields well known ... Read more