Contesting Modernity: Informalism in Venezuela, 1955-1975

Mari Carmen Ramirez, Maria Gaztambide, Josefina Manrique, Gabriela Rangel, Tahia Rivero • Yale University Press • ISBN-13 978‑0300236897

Contesting Modernity: Informalism in Venezuela, 1955-1975 coverContesting Modernity: Informalism in Venezuela, 1955-1975 cover

Contesting Modernity: Informalism in Venezuela, 1955-1975

Mari Carmen Ramirez, Maria Gaztambide, Josefina Manrique, Gabriela Rangel, Tahia Rivero • Yale University Press

ISBN-10: 0300236891 · ISBN-13: 978‑0300236897 · 2019

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This scholarly examination of Venezuelan Informalism traces the movement's evolution from its mid-1950s origins to its final manifestations. Through a rigorous analysis of materiality and avant-garde practices, the text situates these artists within the broader sociopolitical landscape of 20th-century Latin America, challenging established narratives of modernism.

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Publisher: Yale University Press
2019
Pages: 256Language: English

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Author: Mari Carmen RamirezAuthor: Maria GaztambideAuthor: Josefina ManriqueAuthor: Gabriela RangelAuthor: Tahia Rivero

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Inferred: 20th-Century ArtInferred: Abstract ArtInferred: Avant-GardeInferred: Latin American ModernismInferred: Modern ArtInferred: Modernism

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Influences: European Informalism, Tachisme, ConstructivismCornerstone of: Latin American Art Historiography

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