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Abstraction in Reverse: The Reconfigured Spectator in Mid-Twentieth-Century Latin American Art

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During the mid-twentieth century, Latin American artists working in a few different cities radically altered the nature of up to date art. Reimagining the connection of art to its public, these artists granted the spectator an unprecedented role within the realization of the artwork. The first book to explore this phenomenon on an international scale, Abstraction in Reverse traces the movement as it evolved across South The us and parts of Europe.

Alexander Alberro demonstrates that artists such as Tomás Maldonado, Jesús Soto, Julio Le Parc, and Lygia Clark, in breaking with the core tenets of the type of abstract art referred to as Concrete art, redefined the role of both the artist and the spectator. As a substitute of manufacturing autonomous art, these artists produced artistic endeavors that required the presence of the spectator to be complete. Alberro also shows the more than a few ways these artists strategically demoted regionalism in favor of a new modernist voice that transcended the traditions of the nation-state and contributed to a nascent globalization of the art world. 

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