Though influenced by ideas from Europe, these Latin American artists sought to create works that spoke to their particular context.
c. 1920 - 1970
Though influenced by ideas from Europe, these Latin American artists sought to create works that spoke to their particular context.
c. 1920 - 1970
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Rothfuss, an important voice in Latin American modernism, rejects recognizable forms by breaking the frame
A house, a boat, an arrow, a clock—Torres-García attempts to humanize modern art with universal symbols
Latin American geometric abstraction united international principles of modernist abstraction with local cultural traditions, and led to more participatory forms of art.
Described by Clark as a “non object,” Bicho can take many shapes, and is manipulated by the viewer.
Torres-García upended traditional hierarchical structures by defining the art of South America on its own terms.
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