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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Joaquín Torres-García, Composition
A house, a boat, an arrow, a clock—Torres-García attempts to humanize modern art with universal symbols
Geometric Abstraction in South America, an introduction
Latin American geometric abstraction united international principles of modernist abstraction with local cultural traditions, and led to more participatory forms of art.
Lygia Clark, Bicho
Described by Clark as a “non object,” Bicho can take many shapes, and is manipulated by the viewer.
Joaquín Torres-García, Inverted America
Torres-García upended traditional hierarchical structures by defining the art of South America on its own terms.
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