The Museum of Fine Arts Houston Presents Contesting Modernity: Informalism in Venezuela, 1955-1975

The exhibition presents the trajectory of the Venezuelan Informalist movement from the mid-1950s through its last manifestations in the 1970s. More than 100 works of art across a variety of media—collage, painting, assemblage, photography—showcase the richness and complexity of the underrepresented movement. Organized in five sections, Contesting Modernity presents works by internationally renowned figures such as Carlos Cruz-Diez, Gego, Alejandro Otero, and Jesús Rafael Soto. Many artists of the movement are represented, including Alberto Brandt, Elsa Gramcko, Fernando Irazábal, Francisco Hung, Mercedes Pardo, and Maruja Rolando, to name a few. Contesting Modernity: Informalism in Venezuela, 1955–1975 will be on view until January 21, 2019. The exhibition has been organized by the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, and the Coleccion Mercantil Arte y Cultura, Caracas. An illustrated exhibition catalogue is available through the MFA Shop (713.639.7360).