
Painting in a State of Exception
New Figuration in Argentina, 1960-1965
Patrick Frank(Author)
University Press of Florida
Published on 30. November 2016
Book
Hardback
352 pages
978-0-8130-6222-8 (ISBN)
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Description
Although one of Latin America's most significant postwar art movements, Nueva Figueracion has long been overlooked in studies of modern art. In this first comprehensive examination of the movement, Patrick Frank explores the work of four artists at its heart-Ernesto Deira, Romulo Maccio, Luis Felipe Noe, and Jorge de la Vega-to demonstrate the importance of their work in the transnational development of modern art.
These Argentinian painters built on postwar expressionism by working with unprecedented urgency and abandon, combining spontaneous techniques of abstraction with figural subjects. Their works exercised a creative freedom that broke taboos about the role of the artist in society. To show how their works reflect the environment in which they were created, Frank combines analyses of each artist's paintings with discussions of their social, political, and artistic contexts while revealing their connections to literature, popular culture, and film.
These Argentinian painters built on postwar expressionism by working with unprecedented urgency and abandon, combining spontaneous techniques of abstraction with figural subjects. Their works exercised a creative freedom that broke taboos about the role of the artist in society. To show how their works reflect the environment in which they were created, Frank combines analyses of each artist's paintings with discussions of their social, political, and artistic contexts while revealing their connections to literature, popular culture, and film.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Florida
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Illustrations
43 colour photographs, 23 black & white photographs
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
521 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8130-6222-8 (9780813062228)
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Patrick Frank first taught the history of Latin American modern art in a university context in 1995. He is the author of several books and articles on the subject, focusing especially on graphic art and art in Argentina. He is also the author or coauthor of two widely used introductory textbooks on art.