Obregón 100 años : la fuerza de la vida / [prólogo : Adolfo Meisel Roca].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Obregón, Alejandro, 1920-1992, artist.

Contributor:

Meisel Roca, Adolfo, 1954- writere of foreword.

Rosengarten Family Fund.

Standardized Title:

Works. Selections

Language:

Spanish

Subjects (All):

Obregón, Alejandro, 1920-1992--Criticism and interpretation.

Obregón, Alejandro.

Art, Colombian--History--20th century.

Art, Colombian.

Painters--Colombia--Barranquilla--20th century--Biography.

Painters.

Barranquilla (Colombia)--Intellectual life--20th century.

Barranquilla (Colombia).

Physical Description:

261 pages : illustrations ; 24 x 24 cm.

Edition:

Primera reimpresión.

Place of Publication:

[Barranquilla, Colombia] : Editorial Uninorte, 2022.

Language Note:

In Spanish.

Summary:

Life and work of artist Alejandro Obregon (Barcelona, Spain 1920-Colombia 1992), who was primarily a painter characteristic for the use of symbols and where color (particularly red) is an essential part of his unique style. He is considered an important reference of the abstract Surrealist movement in Latin America. The painter and sculptor Alejandro Obregón He belonged to a brilliant generation of Colombian artists, writers, architects and composers, being one of the most outstanding among so many talented creators. To celebrate the centenary of his birth, on June 4, 2020, the Museum of Modern Art of Barranquilla decided to sponsor the study of his life and work; for which it required the collaboration of a group of distinguished historians, critics and academics, who were entrusted with the task of studying the contributions of this master to the culture of the city, the country and Latin America.ʺ (HKB Translation) --Page 12.

Contents:

Prólogo / Adolfo Meisel Roca

Presentación / María Eugenia Castro

Introducción / Álvaro Medina

ÉPOCA & CONTEXTOS

Alejandro Obregón y la constelación intelectual en la restauración conservadora / Sylvia Juliana Suárez Segura y William Alfonso López Rosas

Obregón, Mutis y Gabo: Amistad e identidad / Ramón Cote Baraibar

Obregón y Traba frente a las polémicas de la ii bienalamericana de arte / María Cristina Rossi

TÉCNICAS & LENGUAJES

La obra de Obregón en el espacio público de Barranquilla / Néstor Martínez Celis

Del óleo al acrílico: la pintura de Alejandro Obregón en los años setenta / Eduardo Serrano

Obregón, la trampa del ángel / Samuel Vásquez

POÉTICAS & TEMAS

1962: El año de las dos violencias. Obregón y las repercusiones de un doble hito en Colombia / Christian Padilla

La lectura formalista de la obra de Alejandro Obregón y la domesticación de su contenido crítico / Isabel Cristina Ramírez Botero

Alejandro Obregón y el tema de la muerte / Álvaro Medina

GALERÍA.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-261)

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.

ISBN:

9789587893113

9587893115

OCLC:

1337870474