Sur moderno: Recorridos de la abstracción—Donación Patricia Phelps de Cisneros (Spanish) – Hardcover

Edited by Inés Katzenstein and María Amalia García with Karen Grimson and Michaëla de Lacaze. With contributions by Inés Katzenstein, María Amalia García, Mónica Amor, Irene V. Small. Interview with Luis Pérez-Oramas, Patricia Phelps de Cisneros, and Glenn D. Lowry Sur moderno: Journeys of Abstraction explores the abstract and Concrete art movements that flourished in South America from the mid-1940s to the late 1970s. Published in conjunction with a major exhibition, this richly illustrated volume features work by artists from across the region, including Lidy Prati, Tomás Maldonado, Rhod Rothfuss, Lygia Clark, Hélio Oiticica, Jesús Rafael Soto, and Alejandro Otero. Sur moderno highlights a selection of works gifted to MoMA by Patricia Phelps de Cisneros between 1997 and 2016—a donation that has transformed the Museum's holdings of Latin American art, enabling a more comprehensive representation of the region's integral role in the development of modern art. 240 pp.; 175 illus. Available in English and Portuguese .