Lygia Pape (Bilingual edition)

Name: Lygia Pape (Bilingual edition)
Brand: Thames and Hudson (Australia) Pty Ltd
SKU: 9783775752251
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As a pivotal artist in Brazil's Neo-Concrete movement, Lygia Pape redefined geometric abstraction with a focus on subjective, multi-sensorial expression. This bilingual edition accompanies her first solo exhibition in Germany, showcasing her innovative art that blends concrete-constructivist principles with poetic resistance against political repression during Brazil's military dictatorship.
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Lygia Pape (Bilingual edition)

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Ideal for readers interested in modern art, geometric abstraction, Latin American culture, and the socio-political impact of artistic movements in mid-20th century Brazil.

Description

As one of the key figures of Brazil's Neo-Concrete movement of the late 1950s and early 1960s, Lygia Pape developed a specific understanding of geometric abstraction that resulted in a radical new conception of concrete-constructivist art. She challenged an overly rigid rationalism by moving toward more subjective, multi-sensorial modes of expression.

Marking Pape's first solo exhibition in Germany, this richly illustrated book presents the artist's unusual creative power in all its breadth, drawing on a body of documents that is being published for the first time.

Against the backdrop of the tension between Brazil's vibrant avant-garde and the growing political repression through the military dictatorship (1964-1985), Pape's work reflects ethical and socio-political issues. It harnesses experimental explorations of not just metaphorical geometric but social space to create poetic manifestations of subtle resistance.

Emphasizing the primacy of the sensorial experience of the viewers, Pape went as far as to declare them to be the actual creators of her works.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9783775752251

Publisher: Hatje Cantz

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 28 July 2022

Country: Germany

Imprint: Hatje Cantz

Illustration: 230 Illustrations

Contributors:

Edited by Susanne Gaensheimer
Text by Briony Fer
Text by Cécile Huber
Text by Paula Pape
Text by Pauline Bachmann
Edited by Isabelle Malz
Text by Isabelle Malz
Text by Paulo Herkenhoff
Text by Susanne Gaensheimer

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 220.0mm

Height: 300.0mm

Weight: 1440g

Pages: 448

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Arts & Culture Non-Fiction

About the Author

LYGIA PAPE (1927-2004) played a central part in shaping modern art in Brazil and remains one of the most significant artists of her generation. A member of the Rio de Janeiro-based Grupo Frente since 1947, dedicated to concrete art and geometric abstraction, she signed the Manifesto Neoconcreto in 1959. Her multidisciplinary work traverses abstract-geometric paintings, drawings, woodcuts, ballet compositions, sculptures and poems, as well as experimental films, immersive spatial installations as well as explorations of public space and collective performances.