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Contesting modernity : Informalism in Venezuela, 1955-1975
- Title
- Contesting modernity : Informalism in Venezuela, 1955-1975 / Mari Carmen Ramírez, Tahía Rivero ; with María C. Gaztambide, Josefina Manrique, Gabriela Rangel.
- Author
- Ramírez, Mari Carmen, 1955-
- Publication
- [Houston, Texas] : Museum of Fine Arts Houston, [2018]
- New Haven ; London : Distributed by Yale University Press
- United States of America : Puritan Capital
- ©2018
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- Description
- 272 pages : illustrations (some colour), photographs, portraits, facsimiles; 30 cm
- Summary
- 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 contemporaneously developed in Abstract Expressionism, Tachism, and Art Informel. Providing a thorough and comprehensive overview of this artistically fertile, yet underappreciated, movement, this volume highlights the diverse approaches and the wide range of media employed by Informalism's key practitioners, including Elsa Gramcko, Alberto Brandt, Francisco Hung, Daniel Gonzalez, and the collective El Techo de la Ballena. Also featured are stunning works by internationally acclaimed figures who experimented with Informalism, such as Alejandro Otero, Carlos Cruz-Diez, and Jesus Rafael Soto. Exhibition: Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, USA (26.10.2018-27.01.2019).
- Subject
- Gramcko, Elsa, 1925-1994 > Exhibitions
- Gramcko, Elsa, 1925-1994
- Techo de la Ballena (Literary group) > Exhibitions
- Techo de la Ballena (Literary group)
- 1900-1999
- Art, Venezuelan > 20th century > Exhibitions
- Art informel > Venezuela > 20th century > Exhibitions
- Avant-garde (Aesthetics) > Venezuela > 20th century > Exhibitions
- Art, Abstract > Venezuela > 20th century > Exhibitions
- Artists > Venezuela > 20th century > Exhibitions
- Art, Modern > 20th century
- Art, Venezuelan
- Artists
- Venezuela
- Genre/Form
- Exhibition catalogs.
- Essays.
- Illustrated works.
- Note
- Published in conjunction with an exhibition held at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, October 28, 2018 - January 21, 2019.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Language (note)
- Text in English, translated from the Spanish.
- Contents
- Contesting modernity / Tahía Rivero -- Surface tensions -- The Informalist avant-garde in Venezuela / Tahía Rivero -- El Techo de la Ballena -- Art from the rearguard in 1960s Venezuela / María C. Gaztambide -- Return to the "Real" -- Elsa Gramcko -- Of things and machines : Elsa Gramcko's journey from the void to the "real" / Mari Carmen Ramírez -- Marginal strategies -- Imagen de Caracas : art as action / Gabriela Rangel -- Chronology / María C. Gaztambide and Josefina Manrique -- Historical texts -- Artists' biographies.
- Call Number
- JQF 19-105
- ISBN
- 9780300236897
- 0300236891
- OCLC
- 1051765991
- Author
- Ramírez, Mari Carmen, 1955- author, curator, organizer.
- Title
- Contesting modernity : Informalism in Venezuela, 1955-1975 / Mari Carmen Ramírez, Tahía Rivero ; with María C. Gaztambide, Josefina Manrique, Gabriela Rangel.
- Publisher
- [Houston, Texas] : Museum of Fine Arts Houston, [2018]
- Distributor
- New Haven ; London : Distributed by Yale University Press
- Manufacturer
- United States of America : Puritan Capital
- Copyright Date
- ©2018
- Type of Content
- textstill image
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Event
- "Contesting Modernity: Informalism in Venezuela, 1955-1975" : October 28, 2018-January 21, 2019, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas, United States.
- Language
- Text in English, translated from the Spanish.
- Chronological Term
- 1900-1999
- Place of Publication
- United States Texas Houston.
- Added Author
- Kervanjian, Melina, editor.Brand, Heather, editor.Beckwith, Anthony, translator.Olea, Héctor, translator.Rivero, Tahía, curator, organizer.Gaztambide, María C., writer of added commentary.Cabrera, Josefina Manrique, writer of added commentary.Rangel, Gabriela, writer of added commentary.Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, issuing body, publisher, organizer, host institution.Colección Mercantil Arte y Cultura (Caracas, Venezuela), organizer.
- Research Call Number
- JQF 19-105