Carlos Cruz-Diez, Chromointerference, 1968, Motorized construction, 30/50, 13 ¼ X 11 ¾ X 7 ½ IN (33.66 X 29.85 X 19.05 CM), Collection Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase College, Statue University of New York, Gift from the George and Edith Rickey Collection of Constructivist Art, 1973.10.14. Art: © 2020 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris. Photo: © Jim Frank.
Color and Motion, Ideas and Dreams: Modern and Contemporary Caribbean and South American Art from the Collection
ON VIEW: Spring 2021
Color and Motion, Ideas and Dreams: Modern and Contemporary Caribbean and South American Art from the Collection explores artistic trends that emerged between the 1960s and 1970s, many of which are evident in the work of contemporary artists practicing today. In the 1960s and 1970s for example, South America witnessed the emergence of new artistic trends based on the exploration of color, form, space, and motion. Challenging representational traditions in vogue in their respective countries, the young artists working at that time were looking into new ways of engaging with the viewer by creating novel visual experiences. By the 1980s, several Latin American artists turned to new forms of figuration but also ventured into Conceptual Art. They engaged with social and political matters and, inspired by performative art and body art, began to use their own body as a support for self-representation and to reflect on questions of liberty, sexuality, memory, and identity.
Selected from the Permanent Collection of the Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase College, SUNY, this exhibition features more than twenty-five works, comprising sculptures, paintings, photographs and prints, created by major Latin American artists, including: Julio Antonio, Engels the Artist, Henry Bermudez, Leda Catunda, Carlos Cruz-Diez, José Luis Cuevas, Arturo Duclos, Lucio Fontana, Carlos Garaicoa, Florencio Gelabert, Ignacio Iturria, Wifredo Lam, Eduardo Mac Entyre, María Martínez-Cañas, Roberto Matta, Almir Mavignier, Marta María Pérez Bravo, Jesús Rafael Soto, Gerardo Suter, Luis Tomasello, and Eugenia Vargas.
Color and Motion, Ideas and Dreams: Modern and Contemporary Caribbean and South American Art from the Collection is curated by Alex Gordon Curator for the Art of Americas Patrice Giasson and organized by the Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase College, SUNY.
Generous Support for Color and Motion, Ideas and Dreams: Modern and Contemporary Caribbean and South American Art from the Collection is provided by the Alex Gordon Estate.