Contesting Modernity: Informalism in Venezuela, 1955-1975

$59.50 at Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.

by Mari Carmen Ramírez (Author), Tahia Rivero (Author), María Gaztambide (Author), Josefina Manrique (Author), Gabriela Rangel (Author) This fascinating exploration of Venezuelan Informalism charts the movement’s history from its beginnings in the mid-1950s to its last manifestations in the 1970s. Essays by an esteemed group of scholars discuss the variety, richness, and complexity of Informalism and examine the ways in which Venezuelan artists embraced many of the abstract, gestural tendencies…