América FríaGeometric Abstraction in Latin America (1934-1973)

The Fundación Juan March inaugurated a comprehensive and interesting exhibition centered on modern and contemporary Latin American art. Entitled América Fría. Geometric Abstraction in Latin America (1934-1973), it includes 300 artworks-many of these never before seen in Spain-by more than 60 artists from Uruguay, Argentina, Brazil, Venezuela, Colombia, Cuba, and Mexico. The exhibition will remain open to the public until May 15, 2011. Curated by Osbel Suárez, the exhibition is the result of a joint effort between private collections from Europe, Latin America, and the U.S., aimed at offering to the European public the first panoramic view-while not exhaustive, still complete and historically rigorous-of the abstract movements in the Americas. The objective of the exhibition is to offer insight into the complex history of geometric abstraction in Latin America and to show its evolution and the variety of its expressions and constructions, as compared to the same artistic current in Europe. The exhibition presents sculpture, painting, photography, and architecture. Aside from the works by Latin American artists, the show is complemented by works from European artists, such as Josef Albers, Alexander Calder, and Max Bill, among others, who travelled to the New Continent and had an impact on the local art. This project by the Fundación Juan March includes the participation of some of the most important artists and art experts in Latin America, such as Ferreira Gullar, César Paternosto, Luis Pérez-Oramas, Gabriel Pérez-Barreiro, María Amalia García, Leo Matiz, among others. The exhibition is accompanied by a 504-page catalog that contains exhaustive research on the period.