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

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Zwirner, Lucas, editor.

David Zwirner LTD, host institution.

David Zwirner (Gallery), host institution.

Adam H. Fetterolf Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Art, Abstract--Cuba--Exhibitions.

Art, Abstract.

Concrete art--Cuba--Exhibitions.

Concrete art.

Art, Cuban--20th century--Exhibitions.

Art, Cuban.

Cuba.

Genre:

Exhibition catalogs.

Physical Description:

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

Place of Publication:

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

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.

Notes:

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.

Includes bibliographical references.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Adam H. Fetterolf Fund.

ISBN:

9781941701331

1941701337

OCLC:

947795232