Lygia Pape/Geraldo De Barros

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Lygia Pape/Geraldo De Barros

These exhibition catalogues of the conceptual Brazilian artists Lygia Pape and Geraldo De Barros are part of the Forma: Brazil series.

Lygia Pape is one of the founders of the Neoconcrete movement in Brazil in the 1950s. This was the first presentation of her pioneering abstract work to a US audience, and included the innovative cardboard book/sculpture/poem Book of Creation (1959) and the Neoconcrete Ballet (1959). The catalogue includes an essay on her work by Guy Brett.
2001. 24pp. 15 color and 5 b/w illustrations. ISBN 1-879128-24-1.

De Barros was one of the first abstract photographers in Brazil. His fotoformas of 1946-52, presented in this exhibition, reconstruct urban elements into a constructive fantasy of geometrical forms. The catalogue includes an essay by Adon Peres. 2001. 24pp. 9 b/w illustrations. ISBN 1-879128-23-3.

Price: $5. To purchase this catalogue, please contact: artgallery@as-coa.org

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