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Concrete Cuba : Cuban geometric abstraction from the 1950s

Title

Concrete Cuba : Cuban geometric abstraction from the 1950s / editor, Lucas Zwirner.

Publication

New York, New York : David Zwirner Books, [2016]
©2016

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Description

191 pages : illustrations (some color), facsimiles, portraits; 29 cm

Summary

The development of Cuban geometric abstraction and the formation of Los Diez Pintores Concretos (Ten Concrete Painters) coincided with the radical cultural shifts that raged throughout the country in the 1950s. Against this backdrop, artists sought a new visual language in which abstract art could function as political and social practice. Concrete Cuba, produced on the occasion of the 2015-16 exhibition at David Zwirner, marks one of the first major presentations outside Cuba to focus on concretism in Cuba, and includes important works from the late 1940s through the early 1960s by the 12 artists who were associated with the group: Pedro Álvarez, Wifredo Arcay, Mario Carreño, Salvador Corratgé, Sandú Darié, Luis Martínez Pedro, Alberto Menocal, José M. Mijares, Pedro de Oraá, José Ángel Rosabal, Loló Soldevilla and Rafael Soriano.

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Genre/Form

Exhibition catalogs.

Note

Published on the occasion of the exhibition at David Zwirner, London, September 5-October 3, 2015 and at David Zwirner, New York, January 7-February 20, 2016.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references.

Call Number

JQF 17-368

ISBN

9781941701331
1941701337

LCCN

2016949515

OCLC

947795232

Title

Concrete Cuba : Cuban geometric abstraction from the 1950s / editor, Lucas Zwirner.

Publisher

New York, New York : David Zwirner Books, [2016]

Copyright Date

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references.

Chronological Term

1900-1999

Added Author

Zwirner, Lucas, editor.

David Zwirner LTD, host institution.

David Zwirner (Gallery), host institution.

Research Call Number

JQF 17-368

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