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Abstraction in Reverse: The Reconfigured Spectator in Mid-Twentieth-Century Latin American Art
Alexander Alberro
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Description for Abstraction in Reverse: The Reconfigured Spectator in Mid-Twentieth-Century Latin American Art
Hardcover. Num Pages: 368 pages, 58 color plates, 17 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KL; 3JJ; ACXD9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 177. .
During the mid-twentieth century, Latin American artists working in several different cities radically altered the nature of modern art. Reimagining the relationship of art to its public, these artists granted the spectator a greater role than ever before in the realization of the artwork. The first book to explore this phenomenon on an international scale, Abstraction in Reverse traces the...
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Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Weight
28g
Number of Pages
368
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226393957
SKU
V9780226393957
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About Alexander Alberro
Alexander Alberro is the Virginia Wright Professor of Modern and Contemporary Art History at Barnard College and Columbia University.
Reviews for Abstraction in Reverse: The Reconfigured Spectator in Mid-Twentieth-Century Latin American Art
Alberro's impressive approach to post-Concrete Latin American art sets the stage for a new understanding of modernity as it demonstrates how artists, by reconceiving the spectatorial functioning of abstraction, critically dismantled the modern myth of art autonomy.
Luis P rez-Oramas, Latin American Art Curator, The Museum of Modern Art In this stimulating book Alexander Alberro mines fields well known...
Read moreLuis P rez-Oramas, Latin American Art Curator, The Museum of Modern Art In this stimulating book Alexander Alberro mines fields well known...