Making Art Concrete: Works from Argentina and Brazil in the Colección Patricia Phelps de Cisneros

$20.00 at The Getty Museum.

Pia Gottschaller and Aleca Le BlancEdited by Pia Gottschaller, Aleca Le Blanc, Zanna Gilbert, Tom Learner, and Andrew Perchuk In the years after World War II, artists in Argentina and Brazil experimented with geometric abstraction and engaged in lively debates about the role of the artwork in society. Some of these artists used novel synthetic materials, creating objects that offered an alternative to established traditions in painting—proposing that these objects become part of everyday, concrete reality…