Showcasing a Venezuelan Star of Conceptual Art
An exhibition in New York City displays Claudio Perna’s radical 20th-century experiments in mixed media.
This article is adapted from AQ’s special report on Latin America's demographic transformation During Venezuela’s oil boom in the ‘70s, the country’s thriving art scene became fertile ground for experimentation. Among the new forms taking root was conceptual art, a global movement that prized the ideas behind a work and sought to de-commercialize the art world by focusing on process over product. Venezuelan artist Claudio Perna (1938–1997) rode that wave, engaging in radical artistic endeavors that would define his career. A geologist by training, Perna explored themes of...
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