Contesting Modernity: Informalism in Venezuela, 1955-1975

by Maria Gaztambide, Tahia Rivero, Gabriela Rangel, et al.

This fascinating exploration of Venezuelan Informalism charts the movement's history from its beginnings in the mid-1950s to its last manifestations in the 1970s. Essays by an esteemed group of scholars discuss the variety, richness, and complexity of Informalism and examine the ways in which Venezuelan artists embraced many of the abstract, gestural tendencies contemporaneously developed in Abstract Expressionism, Tachism, and Art Informel.

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300236891
• ISBN13: 9780300236897
• Release Date: December 2018
• Publisher: Museum of Fine Arts (Houston)
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 3.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 9.7" x 11.7"